Use the image to answer the question.
Based on this early illustration of the town, what is one reason why Francis Lowell's partners might have chosen this area to build the factory town of Lowell?
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• A river ran through the location ard could be used to power the factories.
• There were few trees to clear so constructing the town would be fast and easy.
• The terrain was generally flat and could be used for growing cotton.
• The climate seemed mild so the workers in the factories would be less affected by weather conditions.
A river ran through the location and could be used to power the factories.
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Use the map to answer the question.
Which of the following statements best describes the information shown on the map?
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• The territories and several states in the Midwest produced no crops in 1860.
• The southern-most states relied most heavily on one crop.
• Louisiana held a monopoly on the sugar industry in 1860.
• Most states in the South had at least two crops on which their economy relied.
The southern-most states relied most heavily on one crop.
/ attended an anti-slavery convention ... at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglas...
I shall never forget his first speech at the convention-the powerful impression it created.... I think I never hated slavery so intensely as at that moment....
... He came forward to the platform with a hesitancy and embarrassment... After apologizing fot his ignorance, and reminding the audience that slavery was a poor school for the human intellect and heart, he proceeded to narrate some of the facts in his own history as a slave.
-William Lloyd Garrison, from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglas Use the passage to answer the question.
Based on the excerpt, why was Frederick Douglass significant to the abolitionist movement?
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• He was elected as a state government official who challendged the system of slavery.
• He formed relationships with those who had different views on slavery from his own.
• He described his own personal experience under the system of slavery.
• He emphasized that an educational system was the main way to end slavery.