Lowell Mill

True or False: The Industrial Revolution had little impact on the daily lives of most Americans.

• True

• False

One of the first strikes in the country was organized by the___________ girls.

• Gompers Mill

• Knights Mill

• Higher Mill

• Lowell Mill

Conditions for unskilled workers included long working hours and __________ work conditions.

• pleasant

• dangerous

• average

• steady

Many early factory and mill workers were unskilled. • Unskilled workers were more easily ___________ .

• trained

• replaced

• paid

What did Francis Cabot Lowell carry with him from Great Britain during the War of 1812?

• Pirated plans for the power loom

• British textile machinery

• Secret government documents

• British industrial workers

What did Francis Cabot Lowell do in 1814 that improved upon the pirated British technology?

• Founded the first American cotton mill

• Patented the power loom design

• Established the first water-powered textile mill

• Fled to Great Britain with the stolen technology

First used the idea of employing young, local, unmarried women to both spin and weave in one mill

• Richard Arkwright

• Samuel Slater

• Eli Whitney

• Francis Cabot Lowell

What was the primary industry of the Lowell Mills in the 19th century?

• A) Steel production

• B) Textile manufacturing

• C) Shipbuilding

• D) Coal mining

Who were the primary workforce at the Lowell Mills during its peak?

• A) Immigrant men

• B) Local farmers

• C) Young women

• D) Skilled artisans

What innovation is Francis Cabot Lowell credited with in the American textile industry?

• A) The steam engine

• B) The assembly line

• C) The power loom

• D) The spinning jenny