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Question 1

As the factory system progressed into the 1840s,
 
  A. many mill girls moved into management roles in the factory system.
 
  B. wages rose, while working hours increased to ten hours.
 
  C. female workers staged a successful strike for better living conditions.
 
  D. the owners increasingly used immigrants as their labor force.
 
  E. a paternalistic management system was developed.

Question 2

When the Lowell factory system began,
 
  A. the workday ended when production quotas were met.
 
  B. craftsmen were part of the production system.
 
  C. workers had few benefits outside of a set wage scale.
 
  D. workers were fairly well paid and lived in supervised dormitories.
 
  E. workers rarely stopped working in the mills until retirement.

Question 3

As the immigrant labor force in New England textile mills grew in the 1840s,
 
  A. the workday grew longer and wages increased.
 
  B. the workday grew shorter and wages declined.
 
  C. piece rates replaced a daily wage.
 
  D. women and children were more likely to earn more than men.
 
  E. safety conditions began to improve.

Question 4

American factory workers in early-nineteenth-century textile mills largely consisted of
 
  A. single men.
 
  B. unskilled urban workers.
 
  C. young immigrants.
 
  D. slaves.
 
  E. families and rural, single women.



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