Chapter 8

Quiz for Chapter Eight Interpretations: Did the Market Revolution Expand Opportunities for Women?

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Question 1

In Paul Johnson’s description of women factory workers in the Lowell mills, the majority of the women are said to haveA. remained employed in the mills to become lifelong members of the industrial working class.
B. rebelled against wage labor as degrading and refused to accept factory life.
C. worked in the mills for a time before leaving to marry and become housewives.
D. maintained their farm duties while working intermittently at the mills.

Question 2

How does Mary Blewett describe the working conditions of women shoebinders during the period of the Market Revolution?A. They worked individually out of their homes.
B. They worked side-by-side with other women in factories.
C. They worked in a mixed male and female factory environment.
D. Their work was seasonally dependent on market conditions.

Question 3

According to Mary Blewett, shoebinders failed to organize collectively to support their interests in the way the Lowell women did primarily because they wereA. less educated than the Lowell women.
B. opposed to the Lowell women’s rural values.
C. religiously opposed to collective action.
D. isolated from their fellow shoebinders.

Question 4

Mary Blewett and Paul Johnson offer different interpretations of the Market Revolution’s effect on women’s status; these differences primarily result fromA. their economic philosophy.
B. the periods of history under consideration.
C. philosophies of history.
D. the types of workers studied.