That's a Fact Jack
Before factories became common, most people worked at home along with their whole families.
True
___ allowed machines to work without ever having to stop.
Steam Power
An ___ made sure that factor workers spent all of their time working hard.
Overseer
___ led the underground army that opposed the rise of factories.
General Ned Ludd
Why was factory-made cloth cheaper than hand-made cloth?
Machines in factories could make cloth faster than people could by hand.
Workers in factories sometimes had to pay fines for looking out of windows, speaking to each other, or taking more than fifteen minutes to eat a meal.
True
Factories were built in the United States near ___ and ___.
Boston and New York
English factories that produced cloth were called ___.
Mills
When the British government made laws to improve factory working conditions, who protested?
Rich Factory Owners
How was a factory worker paid?
He was paid by the hour.
Thomas Jefferson thought that factories would be good for the country?
False
When weavers who worked at home could no longer get people to buy their cloth, what did they do?
They were forced to go work in the factories.
Who were the Luddites?
People who were angry because their whole way of life was changing.
Factory owners built nice houses near the factories for their workers.
False
How were the working conditions of the factory difficult for the children who worked there?
They had to work long hours. They had to stand all day in front of machines. They breathed in the fine white dust from the cotton, which hurt their lungs.