Industry and Reform

Who invented a spinning machine called a water frame, which could produce dozens of cotton threads at the same time?

• Samuel Slater

• Albert Gallatin

• Eli Whitney

• Richard Arkwright

Who improved American textile mills according to British models?

• Samuel Slater

• Albert Gallatin

• Eli Whitney

• Richard Arkwright

Tools used to produce items or to do work

• mass production

• War of 1812

• interchangeable parts

• technology

Who was hired by the U.S. government to mass-produce guns

• Samuel Slater

• Albert Gallatin

• Eli Whitney

• Richard Arkwright

pieces of a machine that are identical to one another are called what?

• mass production

• War of 1812

• interchangeable parts

• technology

Under the Rhode Island system, mills employed girls and young women.

• True

• False

Under the Lowell system, entire families were employed in textile mills.

• True

• false

Trade unions were formed by workers for the purpose of putting pressure on industry to improve pay and working conditions.

• True

• false

A strike is a form of protest in which workers stop working in an attempt to force employers to listen to and meet their demands.

• True

• false

Labor groups, such as the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association, were opposed to changes like shorter workdays and child labor laws.

• True

• false