How did the Lowell factory system change after the Panic of 1837?
A) The women workers unionized and successfully protested to win higher wages and shorter working hours.
B) Many young women at Lowell got pregnant, causing farm families to stop allowing daughters to work in the factories.
C) The families of the mill girls needed additional help on the farm to make ends meet and demanded their daughters return home.
D) Factory owners increased the pace of work, cut wages, and began to hire immigrants to replace the farm girls.

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After the Panic of 1837, the Lowell factory system faced economic difficulties and many factory owners responded by cutting wages, increasing the pace of work, and hiring cheaper immigrant labor to replace the farm girls who had previously worked there.

How Did the Lowell Factory System Change After the Panic