Unit 0 - Changes in Working Life

Unit 0 - Changes in Working Life

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Multiple Choice

The young girls in the picture had their hair pulled back so they would not get pulled into the machines they worked on and die.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

It was NOT common for young girls to work in mills because they were too dangerous.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

How did the Woman's world change when they entered the mill town workforce?

(Pick 3)

• They made money to support their families back home

• They gave all their money to pay off the national debt

• They made money to save and start a family with

• They learned to read and write during their off time and sometimes when they work

Multiple Choice

Who was the lady narrating at the beginning of this video?

• Sacagewea

• Susan B. Anthony

• Suzy Lowell

• Martha Stewart

Mills Change Worker's Lives

• Slater's Mills would go to the country side and look for young men to work in their factories

• Sometimes whole families were hired and given housing and education for their younger children

• Children were expected to be useful and had to work sometimes alongside their parents in the mills

• Mill towns popped up all over the Northeast (New England) and had homes, schools, butchers, tailors, food stores, etc... for the workers to live and shop at.

• Workers worked 12-14 hour days six days a week

Multiple Choice

Textile mills would employ entire families to work in their mills.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How many hours a day would a worker work at Slater's Mill?

• 7-9

• 8-10

• 12-14

• 16-18

The Lowell System

• Lowell mills hired young, unmarried women from local farms.

• The women lived in boarding houses and shared a room with other girls and were given three meals a day.

• A girl could make $2 to $4 a week and would pay $1.25 for the room and board

• The average girl would work four years at the mill before the left or got married

• Many of the girls suffered breathing problems from inhaling the dust form the cotton and wool

Multiple Select

Which of the following was true of a Lowell girl? (Pick 3)

• Worked 12-14 hours a day

• Made $2-$4 a week

• Most girls came from the cities

• Had to pay $1.25 a week for room and board

Multiple Choice

Young men were recruited to work at Lowell Mill.

• True

• False

Workers Organized

• Immigration lowered wages because there were more people looking for jobs than jobs available

• People were working longer hours for less money

• 50,000 workers lost their jobs during the Panic of 1837

• Trade unions tried to improve working conditions and increase worker's pay

• Workers would strike or stop working if working conditions did not improve and pay increased

• Some states passed a 10 hour work day as a result of the union's efforts

Multiple Choice

How many mill workers lost their jobs during the Panic of 1837?

• 10,000

• 20,000

• 40,000

• 50,000

Multiple Choice

How are workers able to get factory owners to listen to their concerns about safety and pay?

• They would attack the owners with pitchforks

• They stopped working and went on strike

• They would break all the machines and set fire to the bathrooms

Multiple Select

What were the three goals of the AFL-CIO?

• Better housing

• Better pay

• Better working conditions

• Better hours