Question

The first factories in the US were developed within the __________ industry.

a. iron smelting
b. grain milling
c. boot and shoe
d. cotton textile

Answer 1

d. cotton textile

Step-by-step explanation:

Samuel Slater was the man who built the first factory on American soil in 1793. He used a British factory model. He opened a cotton-spinning mill in a place called Pawtucket, in Rhode Island.