An Economic Revolution/Samuel Slater

Who created the American System plan?

• Daniel Webster

• Andrew Jackson

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

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What were the three parts of the American System Plan?

• larger armies, more highways, and lower taxes

• a tariff, a new bank, and new transportation systems

• new money, higher taxes, and free markets

• a tariff, a tax, and a highway system

What was the American System plan?

• a way to get cotton to market

• a step to greater federal power over the states

• a way for northern business people to get rich

• a step to greater independence for the states

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Where was Samuel Slater born?

• England

• Spain

• France

• United States

Slater built the first ___ in the United States.

• coal-powered cotton mill

• steam-powered cotton mill

• gas-powered cotton mill

• water-powered cotton mill

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Slater is often called the ___ for his role in the first Industrial Revolution in the United States.

• "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"

• "Father of the Industrial Cotton Mill"

• "Father of the American Textile Industry"

• "Father of the Water-Powered Cotton Mill"

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