A Struggle for Better Working Conditions

What is a central idea of the passage?

• In the past, women made cloth at home until textile mills opened.

• In the 1800s, most cloth was made by women in the Lowell textile mills.

• In the 1800s, women at Lowell’s textile mills tried to improve their working conditions.

• In the Lowell mills, working conditions improved when factory owners decided to help their workers.

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What does adjustment mean?

• a distance between two places

• the reason for a choice or decision

• a group of people living together

• the act of getting used to something new

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Which two sentences give the best summary of the women’s daily lives?

• The women worked from early morning to night with only short breaks.

• Up to 40 women lived and ate their meals in the boarding house.

• When their workday ended, the women ate dinner and relaxed together.

• Working in huge, noisy rooms, each woman ran several machines at once.

• In the summer, the factory got very warm because the windows stayed closed.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the word restart mean?

• not able to start

• to start again

• able to start

• to start before

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Why does the author use the word deafening to describe the machine noise?

• to show how bad conditions were

• to show that workers suffered ear pain

• to show that machines needed repair

• to show how old certain machines were

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CCSS.RI.7.5

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The women at the Lowell mills were brave. Which two details from the passage best support this statement?

• Most of the mill workers were young women.

• The mill workers lived in boarding houses built by the factory owners.

• When factory owners made pay cuts, many workers refused to work.

• Some women agreed to work for less money.

• Mill workers did not have a lot of power, but they kept fighting for change.

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Which statement is best supported by details in the time line?

• Strikes at US textile mills forced workers to lose their jobs.

• Workers in US textile mills had the courage to speak out against unfair practices.

• Strikes forced many of the first US textile mills to close.

• Workers in the first US textile mills were paid less than workers in other types of factories.

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How is the time line different from the “A Struggle for Better Working Conditions” passage?

• The time line focuses on the successful protests of factory workers. The passage focuses more on the failures of factory workers.

• The time line focuses on the needs of factory owners. The passage focuses more on the needs of factory workers.

• The time line presents information about factories in different US cities. The passage describes events at factories in one city.

• The time line presents information about US factories in a clear order. The passage describes events out of order.

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