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who helped spread industrialization from britain to the united states?
○ henry ford
○ samuel slater
○ thomas edison
○ francis cabot lowell
Samuel Slater was a British textile worker who memorized the design of British textile machinery and brought that knowledge to the United States, building the first successful water-powered cotton mill in Rhode Island, which helped launch industrialization in the U.S. Henry Ford is known for assembly line innovation, Thomas Edison for electrical inventions, and Francis Cabot Lowell for developing integrated textile mills later, but Slater was the key figure in transferring British industrial technology initially.
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B. Samuel Slater