Question

Which of the following 19th-century factors allowed companies like the Lowell Mill to cut workers' wages without losing their workforces?

a. A consistent influx of immigrants willing to work for low wages
b. Unfair labor contracts that turned workers into indentured servants
c. Corporate threats to replace wage labor with slave labor in cities
d. State laws that set caps on workers' total yearly salaries

Answer 1

a: A consistent influx of immigrants willing to work for low wages

Answer 2

The best answer for this question would be:

a. A consistent influx of immigrants willing to work for low wages

The immigrants at the time were desperate to find jobs, in order to feed their families. This caused the workforce in the Lowell Mill to increase.