gridironkid30 asked:


Her next city of choice was Portland, Maine. She chose this location because of its mainly Caucasian demographics she believed she could better blend in with other low-wage workers. In Maine, there are many weekly motels to choose from, and she finds one that is affordable and comfortable. While looking for jobs, Ehrenreich recalls that in Key West one job had not been enough to make ends meet and decides that two jobs in Maine will most likely be the best course of action. She finds two jobs that she is able to keep at the same time- working as a maid for a housekeeping service during the week, and as a dietary aide in a nursing home on the weekends.

The nursing home job, and she finds out, consists mainly of feeding the residents of the nursing home and cleaning up the food items. After a short time on the job Ehrenreich is entrusted with feeding the entire Alzheimer’s ward by herself. She surprised that with so little experience on the job she is given such a responsibility. Many of the patients are diabetic and the wrong desert could worsen their health. She remains nervous during this time but has pride in her work after her shift is completed.

But during that week, working for a housekeeping company gets more and more difficult for her, both physically and mentally. Ted, the boss, is strict with the women who work for him and keeps them to a rigid schedule that they must adhere to. The schedule makes it difficult for any of the women to have a lunch break, and a low wages means that most of them don’t have lunch to bring. They spend most of their lunch breaks and picking up a few items, such as potato chips, at a local convenience store and eating it in the car.

There are two housekeepers that Ehrenreich works with often- Marge and Holly. Marge is an older woman with arthritis, making it difficult for her to perform her housekeeping functions. Marge teaches Ehrenreich about the different pain medications that can help with the physical pain caused by performing the housekeeping duties. The job Ehrenreich finds the most difficult is vacuuming. The company has its own vacuum that is worn on the back like a backpack, causing back pain to anyone using it. Some of the older women are unable to vacuum because of the difficulty of it, and one woman is paid less because she is unable to use the vacuum cleaner.

Holly is a younger woman who has been with the company’s long enough to be the supervisor of Ehrenreich’s group. During the course of Ehrenreich’s month with the company, Holly finds out she is pregnant. The other women discover her condition because of her nausea and dizziness. She is vague when they ask her whether she is pregnant, not wanting to miss any work or to be treated differently. During one housekeeping session she twists her ankle and is unable to walk without pain. She refuses to see a doctor but instead wants to finish their day’s work. Ehrenreich calls for a work stoppage to protest Holly’s fear of missing work. But as no one else will join her in the stoppage, she eventually pitches in and cleans the house. After complaining to Ted, he gives Holly a day off to seek medical treatment. Upon leaving her housekeeping job, she reveals her true reason for having each job, and is not met with the surprise she had expected.

Shauna asked:


1.The steamboat was an improvement over barges because it could
A.carry more cargo.
B.travel upstream.
C.provide onboard entertainment.
D.navigate smaller rivers.
2.Cities grew in the United States during industrialization because
A.the excitement of city life drew people from farms and villages.
B.the more challenging factory jobs lured people away from farm work.
C.the higher wages of factory jobs drew people from farms and villages.
D.the higher standard of living offered to factory workers drew people from farms.

3.Which of these statements about transportation in the United States is true?
A.The National Road marked the start of a federal campaign to improve transportation.
B.Roads offered a faster, more efficient, and cheaper way to move goods than rivers did.
C.Railroads expanded trade into many regions and led to the settling of the West.
D.Steamboats offered reliable transportation only while traveling downstream.
4.Who introduced mass production of cotton cloth to the U.S.?
A.Eli Whitney
B.Samuel Morse
C.Robert Fulton
D.Francis C. Lowell
5.What allowed machines to turn out large quantities of identical pieces that workers assembled into finished products?
A.interchangeable parts
B.labor unions
C.free enterprise system
D.industrialization
6.What made river travel easier and more profitable in the North?
A.tugboats
B.the Erie Canal
C.the Suez Canal
D.barges
7.The invention of the telegraph had what impact?
A.Allowed people to call each other in their own homes.
B.Allowed for mass production of parts in factories.
C.Allowed information to be communicated quickly.
D.Allowed people to listen to music in their own homes.
8.What was the impact of the inventions and technological advances of the early 1800s?
A.Increased the growth of industry, primarily in the North.
B.Increased the number of farmers in the South.
C.Increased the number of cities in the South.
D.Decreased the number of cities in the North.
9.What American economic philosophy was a key reason for the rapid industrial growth in the 1800s?
A.barter system
B.nationalism
C.mercantilism
D.free enterprise system
10.A cotton gin
A.picks cotton.
B.spins cotton into cloth.
C.removes cotton seeds.
D.bales cotton.
11.How did the invention of the cotton gin affect the South?
A.It strengthened the institution of slavery.
B.It damaged the Southern economy.
C.It increased most plantation owners’ debt.
D.It decreased the value of many plantations.
12.The foundation of the economy in the South was
A.manufacturing.
B.farming, mainly a few major cash crops like cotton.
C.trade of manufactured goods.
D.fishing and whaling.
13.How did the increased production of cotton impact people living in the South?
A.it increased the manufacture of textiles so they could produce and sell clothing.
B.it put some peoples’ farms out of business.
C.some people who had been poor were able to pay off their debts as a result of growing cotton.
D.it allowed them to barter for manufactured goods.
14.What was one downside to the South’s dependence on cotton?
A.Industry did not spread as rapidly as it did in the North.
B.Other crops were more profitable than cotton.
C.No other types of crops were grown in the South.
D.There was no downside to the dependence on cotton
15.What was one impact of the economy on Southern society?
A.women were allowed to work outside the home
B.a distinct class system
C.an increase in manufacturing and factory jobs
D.a decrease in the number of farming families
16.The practice of assigning slaves certain jobs to complete each day was known as
A.the gang system.
B.specialized labor.
C.the assignment system.
D.the task system.
17.Which of the following was not part of the slave codes restricting slave rights?
A.slaves could not own land
B.slaves could not attend religious services
C.slaves could not bear arms
D.slaves could not leave a slaveholder’s property without permission
18.According to an accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise, slavery
A.could expand into the Arkansas territory but not the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
B.could not expand into any other western territories.
C.could expand into the Great Plains but not to the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
D.would be allowed in a new state only if a free state entered the Union at the same time.
19.John Quincy Adams won the presidency in 1824 because
A.he won the most popular votes.
B.he won the majority of votes in the Electoral College.
C.he won the election in the Senate.
D.he won the election in the House of Representatives.
20.After the 1824 election, supporters of Jackson labeled themselves as Democrats, while Clay and his supporters formed a new party called the
A.National Republicans.
B.Democratic-Republicans.
C.Democratic-Federalists.
D.Republican Federalists.
21.The solution that em

person. asked:


9. At first, Japanese-Americans were not
allowed to enlist. However, a battalion was
allowed to enlist and they were sent to
Europe. They became one of the most
decorated units during the war. Where
were these soldieries from?

a. California
b. Arizona
c. Hawaii

10) Which country barred the gates of
Palestine to Jews fleeing the *****?

a. Argentina
b. United Kingdom
c. German

11) From the start, Hitler’s primary target
was what country?

a. United Kingdom
b. France
c. Soviet Union

KEY LEADERS
16) After World War II, U.S. officials used
certain leaders as intelligence agencies and
sources in the cold war. What group
were these leaders from?
a. Communist
b. *****
c. Wigs

INTERESTING FACTS
1. What small port on the English Channel
was the site of the evacuation of most
of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940?
a. Calais
b. Omaha Beach
c. Dunkirk
d. Cherbourg

2. What was the organization established in
1941 to provide a variety of services to
American soldiers, such as recreation centers,
care packages, and celebrity shows?
a. Variety
b. United Service Organization (USO)
c. Leslie Townes Hope (LTH)

8. How many U.S. carriers were sunk by
Japanese air attacks at Pearl Harbor?
a. 0
b. 2
c. 1
d. 3

10. What was the first **** concentration camp?
a. Auschwitz
b. Chelmno
c. Ravensbrück
d. Dachau

11. What was the name of the B-29 bomber that
Dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
a. Bockscar
b. Rosa Parks
c. Enola Gay
d. Fat Man

12) 66 countries fought in World War II. About
57 million people died, and more than half
of these were civilians. What is a close estimate
of the amount of losses from the United States?
a. 295,000
b. 500,000
c. 1,000,000

13. Probably the most famous single defender
is Doris Dorie Miller, an African-American
cook who went beyond his duty assignment
and training when he took control of an
unattended anti-aircraft gun, on which he had
no training, and used it to fire on attacking
planes, while bombs were hitting his ship.
He was awarded the Navy Cross. What ship
was he stationed on?
a. Arizona
b. Wisconsin
c. West Virginia

1. Of the 390 U.S. aircraft stationed on Oahu,
how many were destroyed?
a. 25 destroyed, 55 damaged
b. 188 destroyed, 155 damaged
c. 200 destroyed, 175 damaged

2. How many U.S. aircraft carriers were
destroyed at the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a. 0
b. 3
c. 6

4. What air battle provided a rallying point
for the British from 1940 to the early part
of 1941?
a. Battle of Norway
b. Battle of France
c. Battle of Britain
d. Battle of Germany

5. In the D-Day landings, what landing beach
made the least progress on the first day?
a. Gold
b. Utah
c. Omaha
d. Sword

6. What island battle has been immortalized
through a picture of the flag-raising on
Mt. Suribachi?
a. Okinawa
b. Guadalcanal
c. Midway
d. Iwo Jima

7) What was the longest battle of World War II?
a. Battle of the Bulge
b. Battle of the Atlantic
c. Battle of the River Plate
d. Battle of Midway
In which battle did the Axis powers lose
about a quarter of their total troops on the
Eastern Front, a crippling blow from which
they never recovered?
a. Battle of Stalingrad
b. Battle of Jutland
c. Battle of Kursk
d. Battle of Leningrad

9) What was the last major battle of World
War II?
a. Battle of Peleliu
b. Battle of Jutland
c. Battle of Okinawa
d. Battle of Iwo Jima

10) What meeting of world powers near
the end of World War II is often said to
mark the beginning of the Cold War?
a. Yalta Conference
b. Warsaw Conference
c. Hague Convention
d. Versailles Peace Conferences

Atif J asked:


Visitor in Midtown death leap

On her first trip to New York, a twenty one year old Minnesota woman jumped from a fire escape and plunged sixty feet to her death, cops and witnesses said.
Small town girl Jennifer Olson and a male friend won a trip to the big city and flew from Minnesota with the hopes of rocking out at radio station Z100’s Jingle Ball concert Friday night. Instead, their trip ended in tragedy.
Olson and her friend whose name was not released by police, had been tooling around the city and checked into the Night Hotel on West 45th Street before finding a nearby bar to have drinks.
J.J. Walsh, 39, from Rockland County, said he saw the two ticket winners drinking at The Perfect Pint about an hour before the woman’s fatal fall.
“He was kind of annoyed with her,” he recalled. “She was talking to other people at the bar instead of him. She was friendly and very nice.”
Walsh said Olson told him that her friend worked with her in a dentists office and had won tickets to New York for the sold-out show at Madison Square Garden. He invited her along, but the trip was allegedly straining their friendship.
“I guess he liked her, but she didn’t have the same feeling,” Walsh said. “She said she wanted to come to New York City again because this wasn’t the way she wanted to do it.”
The two said they were going to MSG where headliners such as Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne and The Backstreet Boys would take the stage. Instead Walsh claims he say Olson’s male companion packing nervously in front of the hotel after the two had seemed to argue.
A few moments later Police and Fire Department vehicles screamed down the street. Olson, who sources said suffered from depression and was on anti-anxiety drugs, jumped from the fire escape and landed on a concrete awning.
She was pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital just after 9:45 p.m.
Police question Olson’s friend and released him and have found no criminality in her death.