Mill Times Video Quiz

What powered the first mills?

• water

• gas

• coal

What industrial invention would spin wool or cotton into yarn?

• Loom

• Yarn maker

• Water Frame

Before industry (factories) took over, where did 90 of Americans live and get their supplies?

• Malls

• Animals

• Family farms

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How did the Embargo of English textiles help American mill owners?

• People bought British thread, cloth and yarn because they could not buy American goods

• People bought American thread, cloth and yarn because they could not buy British goods

• People bought French thread, cloth and yarn because they could not buy British goods

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What was the major problem of Water power in New England?

• drought

• backwater

• fishing and farming

What invention took weaving from the home to the mill?

• Power Loom

• Wooden Loom

• Hand Loom

Who did Francis Cabot Lowell want to attract to work in his mills?

• Farm Girls

• City Girls

• College Girls

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How many hours a week did the Lowell girls typically work?

• 70 or more

• 40

• less than 40

Where did the Lowell Girls, as they were called, live?

• On farms

• In boarding houses

• In communal outhouses

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How could workers fight back if treated unfairly?

• Turn out or go on strike

• Call in sick

• Work harder

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