Textile Factories and Lowell Mills Quiz

List 3 inventions mentioned in the video that made American life easier:

Catherine Beecher went undercover in the textile factories to find out what it was like. What did she discover about the lives of the girls working there?

What kind of health hazards were experienced while working in the textile factories?

Why were women and children more likely to work in textile factories than men?

What was the main crop in the South?

How are the cotton farms in the South and the textile factories in the North connected?

List 3 positive ways the Lowell Mills impacted women:

List 3 negative ways the Lowell Mills impacted women:

Before the creation of textile factories, most clothing was made ________.