All of the following were traditional eighteenth-century work habits except:     
 work in or near the home    
 a barter and mutual obligation system    
 * fixed production work schedule    
 family apprenticeship system    
    
A crucial aspect of the new putting-out system was     
 * a division of labor.    
 apprenticing.    
 assembly lines.    
 a lack of family ties.    
    
The changes caused by the market revolution included     
 closer relations between employer and employee.    
 * the rise of a cash economy.    
 long-term employment by workers in a single mill.    
 a blending of work and leisure.    
    
Many of the first strikes in American labor history were led by     
 apprentices.    
 middle-class reformers.    
 Irish immigrants.    
 * rural women workers.    
    
In 1798, Eli Whitney contracts with the government for     
 support of the cotton gin.    
 * producing rifles with interchangeable parts.    
 construction of the first cotton textile factory.    
 a shoe factory based on assembly line production.