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Which of the following explains how textile manufacturing advances improved the cotton industry?
Cottage industry employed many people and improved textile production.
Interchangeable parts allowed machines to operate when something broke down.
• The Bessemer process allowed high-quality products to be made.
• The spinning Jenny allowed cotton thread to be produced at a faster rate.

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Correct choices:
- Interchangeable parts allowed machines to operate when something broke down.
- The spinning Jenny allowed cotton thread to be produced at a faster rate.

Why: The spinning jenny dramatically increased yarn output, enabling much larger-scale textile production. Interchangeable parts made machinery easier and quicker to repair and maintain, reducing downtime and raising factory productivity. The cottage industry was a pre‑industrial system (not a manufacturing advance), and the Bessemer process relates to steelmaking, not textile production.