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A Changing Nation-2
Ch 13 pg. 404: Changes in Working Life
Term | Definition |
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trade unions | This objective was to improve pay and working conditions for their members. |
strikes | Workers would protest and refuse to work until their employers met their demand. |
Rhode Island System | The practice of hiring families and dividing factory work into simple tasks. |
Francis Cabot Lowell | A business man from New England who changed the textile industry in the Northeast. |
Lowell system | He built a loom that could spin thread and weave cloth. He hired unmarried women from local farms. |
Sarah G. Bagley | The founder of the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association,1844& V.P. of the New England Workingmen, 1845. Fought for 10 hour work day. r anking position in the labor movement. Supporter of the 10 hour |