4.) What was the Lowell System? {N.4}
The Lowell System was based on water-powered mills that gave young women a job on local farms. The system included a loom that could spin both thread and weave cloth. Boarding House residents were also given a room and food while they worked. Eventually with financial support they were able to make a working area for the young women to work and live at.
5.) Which factors led to the increase in immigration from Ireland to the United States in the mid-1840’s? {New Movements In America.1}
A lot of people fled because they were trying to escape economic and/or political troubles. Another big reason they fled to America was due to potato blight and the affects it had on all of them. Potato blight was a
The Lowell System was based on water-powered mills that gave young women a job on local farms. The system included a loom that could spin both thread and weave cloth. Boarding House residents were also given a room and food while they worked. Eventually with financial support they were able to make a working area for the young women to work and live at.
5.) Which factors led to the increase in immigration from Ireland to the United States in the mid-1840’s? {New Movements In America.1}
A lot of people fled because they were trying to escape economic and/or political troubles. Another big reason they fled to America was due to potato blight and the affects it had on all of them. Potato blight was a