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

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

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Answer:

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.

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