American History Chapter 13- Lesson 2

What changed workers' lives in the Northeast?

• the spread of water

• the spread of mills

• the spread of textiles

• the spread of covid

How did the mill industry give out jobs?

• giving them out to police officers

• giving them out to ONLY WOMEN

• giving them out to whole families and kids

• giving them out to ONLY MEN

What was Samuel Slater's strategy of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks called?

• The Lowell System

• The Federal System

• The Government System

• The Rhode Island System

What was system hiring young unemployed women that spun thread and weaved out the same plant called?

• The Lowell System

• The Federal System

• The Government System

• The Rhode Island System

Who created the Lowell System?

• Richard Arkwright

• Francis Cabot Lowell

• Eli Whitney

• Samuel Slater

What was provided in the Lowell System?

• food

• dirty factories, no free time

• clean factories, and free time activities

• clothes

Employees worked 12 to 14 hour days in HEALTHY conditions

• True

• False

Craftsmen wages DROPPED in competition against cheap manufactured goods.

• True

• False

Wages of factory workers INCREASED as they competed for jobs.

• True

• False

What did craftsmen create when their wages got higher, and they had better working conditions

• work unions

• trade unions

• list unions

• money unions