The Mills girls of Lowell Flashcards

48662348	What were the pieces, that were falling into place,needed to make Cotton king in the south?	Demand for cotton, the cotton gin, demand for slaves
48662349	1830	The North begins to play important role in cotton industry
48662350	Why does America need to produce more cotton?	The English mills demand more cotton fiber.
48662351	Lucy Larcom	ran boarding houses for young women who worked in cotton mills.
48662352	Francis Cabot Lowell	Built a small mill in Waltham, Massachusettes - the first American to handle the total production of cotton cloth - carding, spinning and wearing.
48662353	Who re-invented the Power Loom?	Francis Cabot Lowell
48662354	What sparked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution?	the reinvention of the Power Loom.
48662355	Textile industry	cotton mills
48662356	What was the new American textile industry was able to do?	It could produce cloth for its own people (Americans) and for export.
48662357	1814	Waltham mill opened and gave women jobs. Women wanted the ability to work.
48662358	By 1840,	9,500 women and men worked in Lowell textile mill, about 50% of the city's total population.
48662359	How many major companies were operating textile mills in Lowell, by 1840?	10 major companies operated more than thirty textile mills.
48662360	Grower and plantation owners neede to what?	get the crops to market and sell it.