Quiz  /  Women (4)

  • 1. 
    In what city in Massachusetts did a large number of women first begin to work in the mills?

  • Cambridge
  • Springfield
  • Boston
  • Lowell

  • 2. 
    What was the background of most of the mill girls?

  • Farmers' daughters
  • Orphans from England
  • Older women who never married
  • Mine workers

  • 3. 
    Why did factory owners like to hire women?

  • Because they were strong
  • To help women enter the workforce
  • Because they worked harder than men
  • Because they could pay them less than men

  • 4. 
    True or False: Most of the supervisors in the factories were also women.

  • FALSE
  • TRUE

  • 5. 
    What did the women of Lowell Mills do in 1836 when the company raised their rent?

  • They paid the higher rent
  • They destroyed the factory
  • They went on strike
  • They took other jobs

  • 6. 
    What movement started when women began to work outside the home?

  • Women's Rights Movement
  • Child Labor Movement
  • Disability Movement
  • Minimum Wage Movement

  • 7. 
    Who recruited thousands of women to become nurses during the Civil War?

  • Dorothea Dix
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Elizabeth Stanton
  • Mary Todd Lincoln

  • 8. 
    Around how much a week did a woman working at a mill make in the mid-1800s?

  • $50
  • $3
  • $100
  • $15

  • 9. 
    What amendment to the Constitution gave women the right to vote in 1920?

  • 19th
  • 2nd
  • 5th
  • 13th

  • 10. 
    True or False: Women were paid less because their wages were looked at as extra money.

  • TRUE
  • FALSE
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