A) Bias
noun
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
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D
Explanation:
With the cotton gin, production rates boosted because it cleaned the cotton faster, and separated the seeds quicker. That way, cotton plantation owners sold much more cotton, and made a lot more money.
In 1770, Crispus Attucks<span>, a black man, became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre. He later became a symbol of the Abolitionist movement.</span>
"a challenge for Medicare and Social Security"
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Explanation:
In 1844, James K. Polk of Tennessee was elected president on a platform of westward expansion. He faced off with the British over control of the Oregon Territory and oversaw a successful war with Mexico, 1846–1848. The Mexican War and settling the Oregon question meant that the United States now stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Western expansion soon took a major leap forward with the California Gold Rush, as thousands from the eastern states, as well as from foreign nations, headed for the territories of California and Nevada, hoping to strike it rich.
Effects of the Antebellum Period
The technological advances and religious and social movements of the Antebellum Period had a profound effect on the course of American history, including westward expansion to the Pacific, a population shift from farms to industrial centers, sectional divisions that ended in civil war, the abolition of slavery and the growth of feminist and temperance movements.