American millworker and labor leader who founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in 1844

the refusal of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands

the use of waterpowered textile mills that employed young, unmarried women in the 1800s

American industrialist who developed the Lowell system, a mill system that included looms that could both weave thread and spin cloth. He hired young women to live I’m and work in his mill.

workers’ organizations that try to improve working condition

system developed by Samuel Slater in the mid-1800s in which whole families were hired as textile workers and factory work was divided into simple tasks

What are some characteristics of the Lowell System?

Employed unmarried women work for them and were given room and meals along with their jobs

What are some reasons that factory owners did not want to hire union employees?

Employers believed that the higher cost of union employees prevented competition with other manufacturers.

Why did mill owners have a hard time finding enough workers?

Other jobs were available and boring with harsh conditions

Explain how Samuel Slater’s Rhode Island System changed employment practices in mills

Millowners throughout the Northeast copied Slater’s methods. The owners advertised “Men with growing families wanted.” They also sent people to poor conndidions to find new workers. work in a factory was when people earn money and to learn a new skill

In what ways did immigration affect factory workers in the 1840s

They were willing to work for low pay. Many people lost their jobs

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Sarah G. Bagley	American millworker and labor leader who founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association in 1844
Mill Girl	young women who worked
Strikes	the refusal of workers to perform their jobs until employers meet their demands
Concrete	A mineral
Lowell System	the use of waterpowered textile mills that employed young, unmarried women in the 1800s
Francis Cabot Lowell	American industrialist who developed the Lowell system, a mill system that included looms that could both weave thread and spin cloth. He hired young women to live I’m and work in his mill.
Trade Unions	workers’ organizations that try to improve working condition
Rhode Island System	system developed by Samuel Slater in the mid-1800s in which whole families were hired as textile workers and factory work was divided into simple tasks
What are some characteristics of the Lowell System?	Employed unmarried women work for them and were given room and meals along with their jobs
What are some reasons that factory owners did not want to hire union employees?	Employers believed that the higher cost of union employees prevented competition with other manufacturers.
Why did mill owners have a hard time finding enough workers?	Other jobs were available and boring with harsh conditions
Explain how Samuel Slater’s Rhode Island System changed employment practices in mills	Millowners throughout the Northeast copied Slater’s methods. The owners advertised “Men with growing families wanted.” They also sent people to poor conndidions to find new workers. work in a factory was when people earn money and to learn a new skill
In what ways did immigration affect factory workers in the 1840s	They were willing to work for low pay. Many people lost their jobs

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