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the contributors to the lowell offering were

"factory operatives" at the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the early stages of industry in the United States

in comparison with european nations, american industrial development was slowed by all of the following except

a lack of raw, natural resources

which of the following values would a whig politican support

a strong government looking out for the interests of the public good

the government of mexico and the americans who settled in mexican-controlled texas clashed over all of the following issues except

allegience to spain

americans who would be considered "nativists during the 1840s and 1850s woud most likely be

anti immigrant protestants

in their treatment of native americans, white americans did all of the following except

argue that native americans could not be assimilated into the larger society

the essay from lowell offering, quoted above, descibes the physical labors performed important women-princesses in the time of homer, the roman noblewoman lucretia, the wife of ulysses and the daughter of king george III of great-britatin- in order to

convince middle-class men an women that they should not look down upon women performing physical work.

the indian removal act of 1830 removed about 100,000 native americans from their homelands west of mississippi river east to reservations along the atlantic ocean

false

the market revolution had little effect on womens roles in soceity and the home

false

true or false: "the nulification crisis in south carolina showed that the southeren states were not afraid of the power of the federal government"

false

samuel slater impacted american industrial development by

illegal bringing over designs of british spinning machinery he had committed to memory

which of the following groups were the main immigrants to the US in the early 1800s

irish, german

andrew jackson made all of the following charges against the bank of the u.s. except that

it refused to lend money to politicians

presidents jackson and van buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new texas republic because

it would bring up the questions of balancing slave and free states in congress resolved by the missouri compromise

the lancaster road involved all of the following except

large public investment and federal loans for its construction

americans who moved into texas

often brought slaves to work on farms and plantations

in an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the cherokees did all of the following except

refuse to own slaves

all of the following are causes for the panic of 1837 except

speculation in western public lands by greedy investors

the reading from the lowell offering reflects which of the following historical developments

the increasing number of women, as well as men, who were making the transition from semi-subsistence agriculture

manufacturing and the factory system was slow to develop in the US part because land was cheap and labor was scarce

true