Question

What was the concept of the Lowell textile mills?

A. Children being physically abused by the owners
B. Factory workers living in boardinghouses run by the same companies that owned the mills where they worked
C. Excellent living and working conditions
D. Rural people living in the textile mills

Answer 1

Answer is B.

Reason- Young farm girls were employed as factory workers and lodged in company owned boardinghouses.

The work was hard. The girls had very little time outside of work. They were not children and they were not physically abused. Dissatisfaction brought on the women’s labor strike.

Answer 2

excellent living and working condition