USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did Levi Strauss invent?
A
microscope
B
telephone
C
shovel
D
jeans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world’s most famous garments: blue jeans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The company traces its origin to Levi Strauss (1829–1902), a Bavarian immigrant who arrived in San Francisco in 1850 during the Gold Rush, bringing dry goods for sale to miners. Hearing of the miners’ need for durable pants, Strauss hired a tailor to make garments out of tent canvas.

Detailed explanation-3: -YOU WEAR JEANS. He and tailor Jacob Davis combined copper rivet reinforcements with tough denim, leading to the first manufactured waist overalls in 1873. Today, we call them “blue jeans.” What started as an invention for the American worker became the uniform of progress.

Detailed explanation-4: -Denim Blue Jeans Levi Strauss had the canvas made into waist overalls. Miners liked the pants but complained that they tended to chafe. Levi Strauss substituted a twilled cotton cloth from France called “serge de Nimes.” The fabric later became known as denim and the pants were nicknamed blue jeans.

Detailed explanation-5: -They were made of a mix of brown cotton duck, which is essentially canvas and demin. A year later the true blue jean was born, riveted and made from all denim. The original brand was the Levi Strauss Double X.

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