Why was the cottage industry unable to keep up with demand on cotton cloth

What is zinn's approach to the study of history? what does he suggest occurs when history is told is the story of human progress?

Which source would best a historian understand the effect of the great chicago fire on families? a. a biography of a chicago family displaced by the fire b. a letter from a grandmother in new york to her family in chicago c. a newspaper editorial about families who were displaced d. an oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire

What does the term “escalation” refer to?