It was before the era of railways hence waterways were critical factor. They determined the population centers access to trade. Examples rivers (New Orleans, Cincinnati), Great Lakes (Chicago, Detroit), canals (Milwaukee) and obviously sea port cities (New York)
This was in the period of the great depression
Answer:
The answer is yes, because otherwise, they would not have absorbed so much female labor force. Women would have refused to work there.
Explanation:
Although it is undeniable that in America's first factories working conditions were very hard, since there were very few, if any, worker's protections and rights, these factories had an important pull factor and that was simply the fact that they paid higher wages than those paid in rural occupations or in household work, this last one being essentially unpaid work carried out mostly by women.
I think the answer is A sorry if I’m wrong :) zz