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Cotton Mill

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much were doffers paid?

a)

20-50 cents a day

b)

60-85 cents a day

c)

40-75 cents a day

d)

65-80 cents a day

2.

What is a cotton mill?

a)

Where cloth and yarn was spinned or weaved

b)

Where cotton was sweeped

c)

Where yarn was eaten

d)

A restaurant

3.

How long would Spinners work?

a)

6am-5pm

b)

5am-1pm

c)

6am-6:05pm

d)

6am-6pm

e)

None of the above

4.

What does a doffer do?

a)

A kid that replaces the empty bobbins with the full bobbins

b)

A kid that replaces the full bobbins with the empty bobbins

c)

A adult that replaces the full bobbins with the empty bobbins

d)

A adult that replaces the empty bobbins with the full bobbins

5.

How much money do spinners make now?

a)

10$ an hour

b)

10$ a minute

c)

87,600$ a year

d)

86,900 a year

6.

Are their breaks?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

How long are their breaks?

a)

10 minutes

b)

5 minutes

c)

1 hour

d)

15 minutes

8.

How old do you have to be to work now?

a)

16

b)

13

c)

18

d)

21

9.

Kids lied about their age

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Can people die in mills?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

Mills are 100% safe

a)

True

b)

False