Cause: The number of factories in the United States increased rapidly.
Effect: The cottage industry system declines and dies.
Cause: Young farm girls and women flock to Lowell and other mill towns.
Effect: Workers strike at Lowell in 1834 and 1836.
Cause: The growth of industry brings about the use of production processes dependent on new machines.
Effect: Male artisans and unskilled workers also strike in the 1830s and 1840s.
Cause: The company threatens to recruit local women to fill strikers' jobs; strikers are criticized by the local press and clergy; strike leaders are fired.
Effect: Unrest and opposition among workers, with local press and clergy taking sides in the conflict.
