Advanced Placement-Style United States History
  Question of the Day--Answer and Explanation

A factory in Waltham, Massachusetts
utilizing the Lowell System
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Question 977:

Under the Lowell System of textile manufacturing

    (A)    women often worked their entire lifetime in a factory
    (B)    women were chaperoned and provided with education and cultural enrichment
    (C)    women worked in the factories during the day but all returned to their farm homes at night
    (D)    married women were considered the most appropriate factory workers
    (E)    men and women lived together in company-provided dormitories
Answer:
     (B)    women were chaperoned and provided with education and cultural enrichment
Explanation:
The Lowell (or Waltham) System brought unmarried young women, often from New England farms, to textile factory jobs. In addition to providing employment, factory owners built dormitories, organized Sunday Schools, and encouraged cultural activities for the employees.

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