Across
- 2. word identifying language, religion, government and even foods eaten
- 3. means different
- 6. agreements between factory owners and workers....signed documents
- 9. tax on imported goods
- 13. first factory town created in 1824 Massachusetts
- 14. ability to take care of oneself
- 16. one special day of the week when factories were closed
- 17. "women had to avoid their ____ getting caught in all the moving parts"
Down
- 1. simple tasks requiring no skills....children performed these jobs in factories
- 4. "_______ balance" refers to an equal number of free and slave
- 5. two of the "hidden" expenses paid for out of salaries
- 7. created america's first factory in the 1790s
- 8. "textile ____" took the raw material cotton and produced a finished good
- 10. rooms women stayed in....very clean but also crowded
- 11. by 1830 the average word day in a factory was ____ hours
- 12. organizations that attempt to protect workers who join
- 15. by the 1840s the Massachusetts Factory System disappeared b/c _____ took jobs for less pay.