pages 49-53
Most of this immigrant group were unskilled laborers
Italian
This item was consumed in large quatities by the very poorest immigrants.
Potatoes
The process of garment-making began with growing this plant.
cotton
True or false?
Most young female garment workers gave 50% of their pay to their parents.
False
Some from this immigrant group had experience with sewing.
Jewish
The "rag trade" is slang for this.
the garment industry
True or false?
Working in cotton mills was dangerous for children.
True
Sweatshop workers were paid by the ____ .
piece
Italian immigrants worked mostly in this occupation.
construction
The Civil War gave rise to this aspect of the garment trade.
uniform, standardized clothing sizes
Which type of worker moved pattern papers on fabric so as to waste as little as possible?
A cutter
City College of New York was known as the "____ Harvard."
Jewish
This immigrant group often started life here by selling merchandise.
Jews
These two inventions--from 1850 and 1870-- turned ready-made clothing into a big business.
sewing maching and cutter's knife
Name four things besides clothing that were commonly made in sweatshops.
(see p. 61)
Sweatshop owners often found employees among greenhorns at the _____ .
Pig Market
This is the English translation for Chazir-mark.
Pig Market
A "pushover" is called this in Yiddish.
schlemiel
True or false?
Swaetshops were named this because they were located in hot, stuffy tenement buildings.
False
For an ____-hour workweek, garment stitchers usually made between ____ and ___ per week.
eighty-four... $2.50...$4