Lowell, Massachusetts, is important in 19th century American history because A) it became the first town in America to allow women to vote. B) it marked the spot of "Bull Run," the first Civil War battle. C) it was one of the first "factory towns" in the United States. D) it was the site of the first slave uprising before the Civil War.

C

Explanation:

The city became known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution, due to a large series of textile mills and factories.

jim crow law, in u.s. history, any of the laws in which racial was enforced, in the south between the finish of reconstruction in 1877 and the start of the social liberties development during the 1950s.

jim crow was the name of a minstrel routine( jump jim crow) performed starting in 1828 by its creator, thomas dartmouth ("daddy") rice, and by numerous imitators, including on-screen character joseph jefferson.

the term came to be a defamatory sobriquet for african americans and an assignment for their segregated life. the segregation rule was stretched out to parks, graveyards, theaters, and eateries with an end goal to keep any contact among blacks and whites as equivalents.

it was classified on neighborhood and state levels and most broadly with the "separate yet equivalent" choice of the u.s. preeminent court in plessy v. ferguson (1896).

the correct answer is:

b) a rich merchant.