The Spinning of Thread for the Loom

question 57

Multiple Choice

The spinning of thread for the loom

• A)required the work of several spinners for each loom, which led merchants to employ the wives and daughters of agricultural workers at terribly low wages.
• B)was established as a unique craft in which communities and even regions specialized, especially sheepherding regions.
• C)was quickly turned into a mechanized process, which freed more women to take up operation of the loom.
• D)marked a new type of industry in which the merchants created unambiguous standards for spun thread that reduced conflicts between merchants and spinners.

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