Describe how two or three of the different members in a weaver's family helped out with the family's work, in the days when people worked in their homes.
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What was one way that work in factories differed from work in the home?
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What did an "overseer" do?
watched the workers
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What was the name of the man who led the underground army that opposed the rise of factories?
General Ned Ludd
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. What did some workers begin to do, in order to protest against the factories?
attack factories and smash the machines that were changing their lives!
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. Near what two cities in the United States were factories built?
Boston, New York
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How were the working conditions of the factory difficult for the children who worked there? a They had to work long hours. b They had to stand all day in front of machines. c They breathed in the fine white dust from the cotton d All above
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Which was cheaper - factory-made cloth, or hand-made cloth?
factory-made cloth
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When weavers who worked at home could no longer get people to buy their cloth, what did they do?
They were forced to work in factories
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How was a factory worker paid? a. He was paid for each piece he made. b. He was given free cloth rather than money. c. He was paid a yearly salary. d. He was paid by the hour
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Which invention allowed machines to work without ever having to stop?
steam engine
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Why did Alexander Hamilton think that factories were good for the country?
n the old days, people who had never been trained to weave, farm, or work in some other craft became beggars or thieves.Now they could find work in the factory
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What was one of the problems with slums?
Cities couldn’t keep up with building roads or laying down pipes for fresh water. Slums often had open sewers, where human waste mixed with the drinking water.