Question 4 • CCPS GSE Language Arts Grade 8 (23.01300) YL IC
Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.Publicity was another vital need — photos and eyewitness accounts of workers on the picket lines being harassed by gorillas and police. The picket lines themselves would have to be organized.
Answer
A
Unions at the time were dominated by men.
B
“Gorillas” were hired men who threatened and hurt striking workers.
C
“Shirtwaists” are what people call “blouses” today.
D
Women’s clothing first began to be mass produced in the early twentieth century.