"We learn that extraordinary excitement was occasioned at Lowell, last week, by an announcement that the wages paid in some of the departments would be reduced 15 percent on the 1st of March. The reduction principally affected the female operatives, and they held several meetings, or caucuses, at which a young woman presided, who took an active part in persuading her associates to give notice that they should quit the mills, and to induce them to 'make a run' on the Lowell Bank and the Savings Bank, which they did. On Friday morning, the young woman referred to was dismissed, by the Agent ... and on leaving the office ... waved her calash in the air, as a signal to the others, who were watching from the windows, when they immediately 'struck' and assembled about her, in despite of the overseers. The number soon increased to nearly 800. A procession was formed, and they marched about the town."—The Boston Transcript, "Turnout in Lowell," 1834
The employment practices in factories in the beginning to middle of the 19th century were a result of the (1 point)
technological innovations in agriculture leading to more cotton for textiles
explosion in manufacturing during the global market revolution
reduced male workforce due to wartime enlistment
significant effects on migration patterns due to economic changes