From Where Did Most of the Labor for America's Growing

question 7

Multiple Choice

From where did most of the labor for America's growing number of factories come in the first half of the nineteenth century?

• A)Great Britain
• B)The urban northeast
• C)Slaves from the south
• D)Rural New England
• E)Children from Germany

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