Unit 3- Story 6

1. Unit 3- Story 6 Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

2. Vocabulary Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

3. chignon • Deeply moving, intense, overwhelming • Roll of hair worn at the back of the head, a hair-twist, a hair-bun • A disloyalty to something • A distrust in the system Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

4. B) Roll of hair worn at the back of the head, a hair-twist, a hair-bun Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

5. chaperone • A person who accompanies or escorts young or unmarried women in public • Having to do with the city, metropolitan • Having to do with automobiles • Having to do with architecture Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

6. A) A person who accompanies or escorts young or unmarried women in public Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

7. circulation • The number of people who pay for newspapers • The number of copies of a newspaper that are sold; distribution • The delivery of newspapers • The supply of blood to the lungs Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

8. B) The number of copies of a newspaper that are sold; distribution Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

9. dulcet • Harsh sounding, monotone • A sweet bread • Pleasing to the ear, melodic, soothing • To last a very long time Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

10. C) Pleasing to the ear, melodic, soothing Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

11. sphere • An area of a department store • A set of geometric shapes • Cleverness and aptitude • Social position and the way people are, work, live; realm; field Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

12. D) Social position and the way people are, work, live; realm; field Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

13. Comprehension Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

14. 1) Why did Elizabeth Cochrane start to write? • She wanted to be the first woman reporter in America • She wanted to become rich an famous • She enjoyed writing, really wanted to write, and wanted to be like other women reporters • She enjoyed writing and wanted to be editor of a magazine Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

15. C) She enjoyed writing, really wanted to write, and wanted to be like other women reporters Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

16. 2) What was Elizabeth’s first entry in the newspaper about? • She wrote an angry response to the article:“What Girls are Good For” • She was against divorce • She wrote about the slums of Pittsburgh • She wrote about the pollution of Pittsburgh Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

17. A) She wrote an angry response to the article:“What Girls are Good For” Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

18. 3) Why didn’t Elizabeth sign her name to the response article? • She forgot • She knew it wasn’t lady-like • Her article was missing a page • Mr. Madden left it off the article Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

19. B) She knew it wasn’t lady-like Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

20. 4) Why did Mr. Madden like Elizabeth’s article? • He thought that she could get more money for the newspaper • He thought her article was well-written • He didn’t think it was well-written; it was full of grammatical errors • He had no opinion Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

21. B) He thought her article was well-written Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

22. 5)What was the name of the newspaper Elizabeth and Mr. Madden worked for? • The Free Press • The Daily News • The Bee • The Dispatch Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

23. D) The Dispatch Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

24. 6) What was Elizabeth’s first article about? • Slums • Pollution • Divorce • Factories Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

25. C) Divorce Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

26. 7) Why was Elizabeth concerned about the divorce laws and demanded change for more rights for women? • She wanted to become a lawyer in the near future • While living in poor areas, she met divorced women who were also treated unfairly and could not live well, due to being divorced • She thought it was satisfactory for divorced women to have unfair treatment, but not for widowed women • She wanted the women to get more money to live on and have the husbands to live in poor neighborhoods Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

27. B) While living in poor areas, she met divorced women who were also treated unfairly and could not live well, due to being divorced Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

28. 8)Why did Mr. Madden encourage Elizabeth to write? • He liked her writing style • He wanted her to become the editor of the paper in the future • He wanted her around to clean up the newsroom • He believed that her articles would cause people to buy the newspaper; this would increase circulation and make more money for the company Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

29. D) He believed that her articles would cause people to buy the newspaper; this would increase circulation and make more money for the company Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

30. 9) What caused Elizabeth to receive the name Nellie Bly? • She liked the song • She wanted a pen name and heard a popular song, Nellie Bly, being hummed • She needed a new name to use in town • She was told by her mother to pick the name Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

31. B) She wanted a pen name and heard a popular song, Nellie Bly, being hummed Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

32. 10) What was significant of Elizabeth using the name Nellie Bly as her pen name? • The song talked about ‘cleaning’ like Elizabeth was going to clean up Pittsburgh’s issues • The song was about making chocolate cake • She thought the song had a good beat • There is no significance Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

33. A) The song talked about ‘cleaning’ like Elizabeth was going to clean up Pittsburgh’s issues Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

34. 11) Why did the circulation of The Dispatch increase? • People enjoyed reading the comics section • People really thought her article were terrible • People were intrigued by Nellie’s articles and wondered who was the writer • People wanted to write to the editor to fire the writer Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

35. C) People were intrigued by Nellie’s articles and wondered who was the writer Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

36. 12)What was the cause of the factory owners’ outrage? • Nellie’s articles revealed all the abuses practiced against women in the bottling factory • In the articles, she didn’t write in the names of the factories • She didn’t write enough about the factories • The articles only mentioned the factories who employed women Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

37. A) Nellie’s articles revealed all the abuses practiced against women in the bottling factory Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

38. 13) What was an important cause of the eventual improvement in the Pittsburgh factories? • Her articles were about how tall the factories were and blocked the sun • Nellie’s articles were about the terrible conditions in those factories • Nellie’s articles were how the factories should only be open from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. • The articles made people be sympathetic towards the factory owners Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

39. B) Nellie’s articles were about the terrible conditions in those factories Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

40. 14) Why did Mr. Madden make Nellie the society editor for The Dispatch? • He needed things to calm down because the business owners threatened to withdrawal advertising (a big way papers make money) if the articles about social change didn’t stop • He was mad with Nellie because her articles were making the businessmen were angry • He wanted her to try and make society changes with debutante balls and parties of the rich • He wanted Nellie to have a vacation Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

41. A) He needed things to calm down because the business owners threatened to withdrawal advertising (a big way papers make money) if the articles about social change didn’t stop Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

42. 15) Was it easy for Nellie to get a job at The Dispatch? • Yes • No Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

43. B) No because she was an unmarried woman in the 19th century and had a job as a reporter. She did not use chaperones and talked about ‘impolite’ issues. Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

44. 16) How did Nellie feel when she had to sit at a desk and be the society editor, not a investigative reporter? • She enjoyed the break because she was so tired • She was not happy because she wanted to be out investigating • She had no opinion • She decided to write about the injustices of having big, rich parties Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

45. B) She was not happy because she wanted to be out investigating Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

46. 17) After Nellie wrote about the factories, what did she write about next? • Divorce • Slums • Factories • Prisons Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

47. B) The Slums Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

48. 18) Why did Nellie praise the Riverside Penitentiary? • To show us he was a great warrior • It was very clean and made of beautiful stone • It was humane to prisoners: had separate cells for inmates and large common work and recreation areas • It had hot running water and soft beds Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

49. C) It was humane to prisoners: had separate cells for inmates and large common work and recreation areas Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean

50. 19) What did Nellie report about her work while undercover as a factory worker? • She and the workers suffered from headaches because the light was so dim • She and the workers caught colds • She and the workers had 1 hours lunch breaks • She and the workers had their own bathrooms Sweeping Pittsburgh Clean