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Why did American industry switch from home businesses to factories? Select 3.
New machines needed a power source, so production had to be near one.
Home businessmen could not learn to maintain the complicated machines.
Machines were too large for homes.
People were no longer willing to put in the long hours required for a home business.
Machines were too expensive for home businessmen.
Taxes were too high on home businesses.
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- New machines needed a power source, so production had to be near one.
- Machines were too large for homes.
- Machines were too expensive for home businessmen.
Brief reasons: Early industrial machines required centralized power (waterwheels, later steam), were physically large and noisy, and were costly — all of which favored centralized factories with capital investment and space rather than dispersed home workshops.
- New machines needed a power source, so production had to be near one.
- Machines were too large for homes.
- Machines were too expensive for home businessmen.
Brief reasons: Early industrial machines required centralized power (waterwheels, later steam), were physically large and noisy, and were costly — all of which favored centralized factories with capital investment and space rather than dispersed home workshops.
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