USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who became a millionaire selling blue denim jeans for the miners in California?
A
Levi Strauss
B
James Marhsall
C
Jon Sutter
D
Forty-niners
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There, he set up a small dry-goods house with brother-in-law David Stern. Levi responded to the miners’ needs for a sturdy pant that would survive the rough mining conditions, and started making denim fabric. The business became known as “Levi Strauss & Co.” and by 1870, Levi was a millionaire.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1853, Levi Strauss, like thousands of others, moved to the boom town of San Francisco. He planned to make his money in dry goods, selling cloth, sewing materials, and ready-made clothes.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Jewish peddler turned Gold Rush merchant created the garment of choice for Forty-Niners and cowboys. A century and a half later, blue jeans are an international symbol of independence, equality, freedom, and youth. Levi Strauss, along with Nevada tailor Jacob Davis, invented blue jeans in 1873.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -In 1853, Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Bavaria, opened a dry goods company in San Francisco at the height of the California Gold Rush. While he was working, he recognized a need among hardworking people: clothes built to endure anything.

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