31. The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: What Happened to American Manufacturing Jobs, and Why Did It Matter?

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1. How did unions affect the lives of American blue-collar workers in the mid-twentieth century?

They helped workers only in the southern states with new factories.

They angered workers by negotiating with corporate leadership.

They secured higher wages and better benefits for workers.

They helped workers pay for college and get better jobs.

2. Which of the following developments in other countries impacted American de-industrialization?

The Soviet Union and its satellite states exported much cheaper goods around the world.

European countries offered their colonies as sites of cheap production and labor.

Germany and Japan built new, innovative factories.

Stability in the Middle East and Africa provided new places to produce goods.

3. Why did companies seek to move production out of the United States?

They believed foreign factories made better products.

They wanted cheaper labor.

They were trying to pay less in taxes.

They wanted the United States to focus on new types of labor to strengthen its economy.

4. Besides through the outsourcing of jobs, in what other way was the number of American manufacturing jobs reduced?

New machinery meant fewer workers were needed for manufacturing.

Because of a weak economy, there was less demand for goods and thus less manufacturing.

Workers preferred white-collar jobs to the blue-collar manufacturing jobs.

The government provided incentives for hiring fewer workers.

5. According to worker Marivel Gutierez, how had the outsourcing of American jobs changed the American dream?

It proved that the American dream was achievable only for the very wealthy.

It showed that the American dream had always been a lie.

It made the American dream more achievable for people like her.

It globalized the American dream.