Mr. Blue Jeans Ch. 6 Quiz

1. Levi received good news and bad news in 1874. What was the bad news Levi received in 1874?

• His only sold 13 pairs of jeans so far that year year.

• His brothers did not want to work with him anymore.

• His first partner, David Stern, died.

• His sister, Fanny, died in a terrible accident at Levi's factory

What bold move did Levi make in 1876?

• He sold his company and went looking for gold

• He opened another manufacturing plant in New York.

• He fired his brothers and hired David Stern.

• He got married to his longtime girlfriend, Patty.

Levi urged congress to _________________________________________.

• build a Central American canal to speed up trade between the East and the West

• make San Francisco the capital of the United States

• invest money in his company

• allow immigrants to run for president

Levi believe that the key to happiness was NOT _______.

• money

• being famous

• happiness

• owning realistic flying tigers

Which of the following is a reason the rivets removed from the jeans in the

    1900s?

• They were scratching car seats and church seats.

• People no longer liked how they looked on the jeans.

• They became too hot when you sat close to a fire.

• The were too expensive to use.

Levi Strauss ended up having ____ children of his own.

Type the number of children that Levi had. Type a number, not letters.