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Lesson Number 3: Garment industry and Meaningful Work

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How long did Louis and Regina's journey?

Hint: (page 161)

a)

13 days

b)

13 weeks

c)

7 days

d)

7 weeks

e)

They missed the boat.

2.

What did Louis do before he entered the garment industry?

Hint: (page 162)

a)

He made dresses

b)

He opened a shop to sell kushary

c)

He sold herring and then became a pushcart peddler

d)

He became a stay-at-home dad

3.

What are the 3 fundamentals of life in that simple society?

Hint: (page 166)

a)

Food

b)

Shelter

c)

Clothing

d)

Less workload in Rhet and Core

e)

Exercise

4.

When did the Eastern European new-comers have almost total control over the garment industry?

Hint: (page 167)

a)

1913

b)

1897

c)

1926

d)

1900

5.

Where did Louis go to buy cloth after his first successful sale of 40 aprons?

Hint: (page 168)

a)

H&M

b)

H.B. Claflin & Co.

c)

Salem (prom dresses and bridalwear)

d)

Lawrence & Co.

6.

How many separate factories were there in 1913?

Hint: (page 170)

a)

16,000 companies

b)

28,000 companies

c)

40 companies

d)

100,000 companies

7.

"What Borgnicht was getting in his eighteen-hour days was a lesson in the (a)   "

Hint: (page 172)

8.

What was Louise Farkas's study on in 1982?

a)

The fate of the mexicans who immigrated to California between 1900 and in the end of the 1920s

b)

The nursing homes and residential hotels in New York and Miami Beach

c)

the descendants of people like the Borgenichts—Jewish immigrants at the turn of the century

d)

the number of Italian and Irish immigrants who came to New York

9.

"What did Joe Flom's father do? He (a)   for women."

10.

What is the name of the greatest rival to Joe Flom’s firm?

a)

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

b)

Skadden

c)

Black Rock Law Firm