2 / 2 pts

Question 1

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In the New England Mill Towns video, who has often been called the
father of the factory system in America?

Francis Cabot Lowell

Correct! Samuel Slater

Samuel Adams

Eli Whitney

Henry Ford

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Question 2

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In the New England Mill Towns video, who was responsible for building
the first large-scale textile mill in America at Waltham, Massachusetts?

Francis Slater

Samuel Slater

Samuel Adams

Eli Whitney

Correct! Francis Cabot Lowell

2 / 2 pts
Question 3
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In the New England Mill Towns video, which of the following statements is
NOT true?

Francis Cabot Lowell died before the construction of the Waltham mill was
finished

The New England textile mills created an economic middle class which
had not been seen before

The mill town of Waltham set the standards for the basis of later
development of the textile industry

Correct!
Increasing numbers of immigrants to New England had little to no effect on
the textile industry

Francis Cabot Lowell intended to provide a suitable place for women to

work only for a few years rather than a lifetime

2 / 2 pts
Question 4

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In the New England Mill Towns video, which group of immigrants suffered
violent opposition from the Yankees/New Englanders which included the
burning of Catholic churches?

French

Correct! Irish

Scottish
 Germans

Spanish

2 / 2 pts
Question 5

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In the New England Mill Towns video, which of the following was NOT one
of the four key demands the IWW made during the Lawrence Strike?

No discrimination against union workers

Double pay for overtime

50-hour work week

Correct! No discrimination against women workers

15% pay raise

2 / 2 pts
Question 6

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In the New England Mill Towns video, how many mills once existed at Fall
River, Massachusetts?

107

Correct! 111

123

131

117
Quiz Score: 12 out of 12