| A | B |
| Rhode Island System | system of hiring families to work in mills |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | New England business man who developed the Lowell System |
| Lowell System | factory system that relied on young unmarried women as workers |
| trade unions | groups that tried to improve pay and working conditions of workers |
| strikes | refusing to work until emplyers meet worders demands |
| Sarah G. Bagley | founded the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association |
| Lowell Girls | young unmarried women who worked in factories |
| Samuel Slater | developed the Rhode Island system of hiring families |