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Women in Textile Mills

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The editor of the Boston Quarterly Review.

a)

Charles Smith

b)

Charles Brown

c)

Charles Brownson

d)

Charles Lowell

2.

Brownson thought that women working in factories was oppressive and (a)   .

3.

Factory workers were paid more than ________.

a)

domestics

b)

seamstresses

c)

school teachers

d)

all of the above

4.

Typical summer workday in the mills was _______hours.

a)

8-10

b)

10-12

c)

12-14

d)

14-16

5.

Cloth or fabric

(a)  

6.

Machines that make fabric.

a)

women

b)

men

c)

factories

d)

looms

7.

A general term for workers

(a)  

8.

People from New England were called this.

a)

Irish

b)

English

c)

French

d)

Yankees

9.

People who operate machines.

a)

mill operatives

b)

seamstresses

c)

domestics

d)

school teachers

10.

Author of Women at Work

(a)  

11.

Average daily pay for women at Hamilton Company in 1836.

a)

.50

b)

.60

c)

.70

d)

.80

12.

Number of women employed at Hamilton Company in 1836.

(a)  

13.

Men made _______per day at Hamilton Company in 1836.

a)

1.22

b)

1.32

c)

1.42

d)

1.52

14.

Room and board refers to housing and (a)   .

15.

_______likes working on a farm better than the factory.

a)

Sally Rice

b)

Emmeline Larcom

c)

Harriet Robinson

d)

Oberlin College

16.

(a)   worked at a factory to help support mother and siblings.

17.

________wrote "Early Factory Labor in New England"

a)

Sally Rice

b)

Emmeline Larcom

c)

Harriet Robinson

d)

Oberlin College

18.

One incentive to work in a factory was to pay for ____ members of the family to be educated.

a)

female

b)

young

c)

male

d)

old

19.

Lucy Ann wanted to attend (a)   College.

20.

Oberlin College allowed women to attend in this year.

a)

1827

b)

1837

c)

1847

d)

1857

21.

Lucy Ann is from this New England state.

(a)  

22.

Lucy Ann compares her home to this.

a)

school

b)

factory

c)

prison

d)

retreat

23.

This person wanted to take Lucy Ann's money.

(a)