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The development of what spurred the growth of catalog companies
The development of the Sears traveling salesman spurred the
growth of catalog companies. Sears is the first company to have an
annual catalog for people to order merchandise from.
Father Junipero Serra established a mission at
The group of people who got the highest paying jobs were
The trail from Independence Missouri to Santa Fe New Mexico was known as the
Commanded American troops in the battle at Veracruz
Who discovered a way to print books with raised type to help blind people to read
Who invented the power loom that could produce 200 times more cloth in one day than was possible before
Public acceptance of women's right to vote came
The annexation of Texas was delayed because of the slavery issue and
fear that it would lead to war
In the 1890s a few new states in the west permitted women to vote
Asked Spain to give the US some Texas land and promised to bring in American settlers
A person who sees an opportunity and takes advantage of it is called a
A person who sees an opportunity and takes advantage of it is
called an opportunist.
entrepreneur
Which working conditions caused workers to protest
Workers protested against dangerous working conditions, long
hours, low pay, little or no benefits, short or no lunch breaks or
breaks of any kind, etc.
Texas claimed that its southern border was the River
The fort that guarded Mexico City was
Buyers' requests for products is called
President Polk sent to try to buy California and New Mexico
Americans who wanted to add the land all the way to the Pacific were called
expansionists
White trashes
The antitrust laws had little effect for many years and powerful business people stayed in control true or false
The land given to the united states was called what territory-
The land that was given to the United States was known as the
Indian Territory.