THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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more hand-made clothing
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an increase in farming
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a change in American culture
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better transportation
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the mid-1800s, the Lowell mills provided an opportunity for the girls to work away from home, offering good wages with contracts. Women who worked at the Lowell textile mill were known as the Lowell Mill Girls and operatives since they operated the machinery in the mill.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lowell Became Center of Industry In the 1820s and 1830s, Lowell and its mill girls became fairly famous. In 1834, faced with increased competition in the textile business, the mill cut the worker’s wages, and the workers responded by forming the Factory Girls Association, an early labor union.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Lowell System was a labor production model invented by Francis Cabot Lowell in Massachusetts in the 19th century. The system was designed so that every step of the manufacturing process was done under one roof and the work was performed by young adult women instead of children or young men.
Detailed explanation-4: -It introduced a new system of integrated manufacturing to the United States and established new patterns of employment and urban development that were soon replicated around New England and elsewhere.