Question

Complete the passage about the effects of industrialization on the thread-making trade.
The introduction of first the – and later the spinning mule revolutionized the speed of the production of yarn, causing a steep – in the price of cotton thread. Not only did these inventions threaten – but they also – labor conditions, since one worker was now responsible for watching and mending dozens of spindles at once.

1. eased
2. decrease
3. spinning jenny
3. cotton import trade from the United States
4. cotton gin
5. increase
6. the livelihood of traditional hand spinners
7. intensified

Answer 1

The introduction of first the spinning jenny and later the spinning mule revolutionized the speed of the production of yarn, causing a steep decrease in the price of cotton thread. Not only did these inventions threaten the livelihood of traditional hand spinners, but they also intensified labor conditions, since one worker was now responsible for watching and mending dozens of spindles at once.