Quiz for Chapter Thirty Thinking Like a Historian: Globalization: Its Proponents and Its Discontents
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Question 1 Petra Mata, a Mexican immigrant to the United States, writes, “I was employed in 1976 by . . . Levi Straus and Company. I earned $9.73 an hour and also had vacation and sick leave. Levi’s provided me and my family with a stable situation, and in return I was a loyal employee and worked there for fourteen years. On January 16, 1990, Levi’s closed its plant in San Antonio, Texas, where I had been working, leaving 1,150 workers unemployed, a majority of whom were Mexican-American women. The company moved its factory to Costa Rica.” Mata’s story provides evidence to support which of the following conclusions? A. Garment workers in the United States bore the brunt of American factory closures in the 1990s. B. Globalization has encouraged American companies to seek cheaper sources of labor outside the United States since the 1990s. C. Mexican immigrants took most of the manufacturing jobs that were available in the Southwest in the 1970s and 1980s. D. Even popular companies like Levi Strauss had to close once Chinese imports became available in the United States.