Which of the Following Was Responsible for the First Large-Scale

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was responsible for the first large-scale American factory, which was built in Massachusetts?

• A) Henry Clay, whose sponsorship of a protective tariff made the factory economically viable
• B) the cutoff of British imports because of the Embargo of 1807 and the War of 1812
• C) Cyrus McCormick, who built it to produce his reaper
• D) the American victory in the War of 1812, which made the United States economically dominant in the Atlantic world
• E) Samuel F. B. Morse, who became better known for inventing the telegraph

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