16. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 16: Labor and Race in the New South

**Quiz for Document 16.2: Testimony of North Carolina Industrial Workers (1887)**

Quiz for Document 16.2: Testimony of North Carolina Industrial Workers (1887)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. What does the employer questioned in these interviews imply about how the workers at his mill are paid?

He suggests that they are paid good wages in cash.

He suggests that they are paid low wages in cash.

He suggests that they are paid good wages in trade certificates.

He suggests that they are paid poor wages in trade certificates.

2. What is the main complaint of the two cotton mill employees interviewed by the North Carolina Bureau of Labor?

Dangerous working environments in the factories

Poor treatment of women working in the mills

Poor wages and long working days

Wages paid in trade certificates rather than cash

3. What does the cotton mill employer say about why he believes his employees are satisfied with their jobs?

Most employees are children who would rather work than go to school.

The mill’s managers are kind but firm and set clear boundaries.

The mill’s employees have not organized any protests or strikes.

The mill hires men, women, and children and keeps families together.

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