The Development of Interchangeable Parts by Whitney and North Allowed

question 38

Multiple Choice

The development of interchangeable parts by Whitney and North allowed

• A) machinery to be replaced by skilled labor.
• B) capital-labor proportions in the US to remain equal to those in England.
• C) producers to raise the price of guns.
• D) skilled labor to be replaced by unskilled labor and machines.

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Definitions:

Desiccation

The process of drying out or removing moisture from something, often causing it to become completely dry.

Vascular

Refers to the tissues in plants and animals that are involved in the transport of fluids, such as blood in animals and sap in plants.

Meiosis

Type of nuclear division that reduces the chromosome number from 2n to n; daughter cells receive the haploid number of chromosomes in varied combinations; also called reduction division.

Spores

Reproductive cells produced by fungi, plants (such as ferns), and some microorganisms, capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion.