Question

"In 1831 Lowell was a little more than a factory village.Several corporations were started, and the cotton-mills belonging to them were building.Help was in great demand; and stories were told all over the country of the new factory town , and the high wages that were offered to all classes of work-people...One of the first strikes of cotton-factory operatives that ever took place in this country was in Lowell, in October, 1836. when it was announced that the wages were to be cut down, great indignation was felt, and it was decided to strike, en masse" --Harriet Hanson Robinson, remembering the 1830s in Lowell
the statement best summarizes this passage is______.

A) Although help was in great supply in Lowell, workers did not mind announcing cutback wages

B) although help was in great demand in Lowell, an announced cutback in wages touched off one of the first cotton-factory strikes

C) although help was in great demand in Lowell, workers were offered a wage increase to prevent a strike

D) strikes were common everywhere but in Lowell, where textile-factory workers received regular wage increases

Answer 1

The correct, and most logical, answer is: B. Although help was in great demand in Lowell, an announced cutback in wages touched off one of the first cotton-factory strikes.