Shutting Out the Sky Chapters 4-5

What is a person that rents housing to someone?

• tennant

• landlord

• trustee

• boarder

A person that sales items (wares) is a...

• entrepreneur

• patron

• peddler

• employee

The item shown in this picture is a...

• thimble

• sewing cap

• safety pin

• thumbkin

Choose jobs immigrants may have done in the early 1900s.

• gas station attendant

• babysitter

• garment shop worker

• electrician

• factory worker

A person that sews or mends clothing is a...

• tailor

• cobbler

• clerk

• messenger

How many are in a gross?

• 12

• 130

• 144

• 2,000

What is a refusal to work organized by a group of employees to get their needs met?

• boycott

• march

• strike

• compromise

What is the best main idea statement for chapter 4?

• Work for immigrants in the 1900’s was often unsafe, difficult, and never ending.

• Factory conditions for workers were not well regulated.

• Chapter 4 is about immigrants expriences with working.

• People often worked so long they did not see the light of day.

What are possible activities immigrants would have been engaged in to socialize in the early 1900's?

• theater

• shopping

• religious gatherings

• barbershops

• movies

Why did immigrants in the early 1900's shop so frequently?

• Their families were all large.

• They did not have a way to preserve food for a long time.

• They changed their mind often.