North and South Take Different Paths

Time period when machines take the place of tools, manpower, and horsepower

• Industrial Revolution

• Revolution in Technology

• Textile Industry

• Industrial Reform

The textile industry makes

• cloth

• tiles

• machines

• cotton

The Industrial Revolution began in what country?

• United States

• France

• Great Britain

• Russia

After the Industrial Revolution, factories were powered by

• horsepower

• water and steam

• horsepower and steam

• oil and water

A capitalist is

• someone who invests in a business

• the nickname for inventors of the Industrial Revolution

• a woman who works in a factory during this time

• someone who works in the factory system

The Lowell Mills were unique because

• they were the only factories that hired women

• they were the only factories that hired African Americans

• they put all parts of textile making in one building

• they refused to buy Southern cotton

Lowell Girls is the nickname for

• the women who fought to be hired by the mills

• the women who refused to work for the factories

• the slave women who worked in Southern factories

• young women who worked in the textile factory

Which is NOT one of the benefits of working at the Lowell Mills?

• Women could get an education

• Women could take classes

• Women could make money for their families back home

• Women could earn scholarships from the mills to help with college costs

Which of the following is NOT true about the Lowell Mills

• It required its workers to live in a town owned by the mill

• Its workers worked 6 days a week

• The work could be dangerous

• The mills would not hire anyone under 18 years old

Which of the following IS TRUE about African Americans in the North?

• They could vote

• They could work in Northern factories

• They did not face segregation

• They were paid low wages