501 Critical Reading Questions

d.
the first textile factory in the United States.
e.
the utilization of technological advances being made in England
at the time.
78.
The first paragraph (lines 1–8) of the passage implies that early
American manufacturing was
a.
entirely beneficial.
b.
politically and economically necessary.
c.
symbolically undemocratic.
d.
environmentally destructive.
e.
spiritually corrosive.
79.
The description of Slater’s immigration to the American colonies
(lines 17–20) serves primarily to
a.
demonstrate Slater’s craftiness in evading British export laws.
b.
show the attraction of farming opportunities in the American
colonies.
c.
explain the details of British manufacturing technologies.
d.
illustrate American efforts to block immigration to the colonies.
e.
describe the willingness of English factories to share knowledge
with the colonies.
80.
Lines 22–24 imply that Slater viewed child labor as