Answer:
Explanation:
"American Blood on American Soil" [ushistory.org] might have the answer
Answer:
B. James J. McAlester.
Explanation:
The one person who is attributed to the development of the coal industry in Oklahoma is James J. McAlester. James married a Choctaw to gain access in the tribe to exploit them commercially. He was the first person to find a commercial market in Oklahoma though coal was present in the territory for many decades.
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.
Answer: The Industrial Revolution sparked a greater need for cheap raw materials
Explanation:
The Industrial Revolution was the improvement of production processes in Europe such that goods were being produced way more efficiently than before. This meant that industrial goods could be mass produced in higher quantities.
To produce manufactured goods however requires raw materials which was lacking in Europe at the time so they sought to get these materials from other places and cheaply if they could. They therefore colonized areas rich in raw materials such as Africa to get these materials at low low prices.
