1. Where is My T-Shirt Made, and Why? Made by Isabella Ramos.

2. Hypothesis: If we make our goods in foreign countries, then we will obtain more income.

3. Variables Independent Variable: The countries where the tees are made Dependant Variable: Amount of t-shirts made in a country Constants: 1. The class (students). 2. The countries. 3. T-shirt (We picked t-shirt instead of pants, or any other products). Control: Amount of T-shirts made in the U.s. The Independent variable (I.v.) is the thing you change during an experiment. the dependent variable (d.v.) is the result and is the data you collect in the experiment.

4. Why do Most of Our Products Come From China? Before conducting the experiment: 1. It’s cheaper to make factories in China. 2. China doesn’t have many jobs, so we helped them. 3. China makes the best products (quality). 4. China makes most of the world’s products. 5. Our products are made in china to save space for other buildings. 6. Our products are made in china to keep away polluting factories.

5. Sweatshop- (noun); A factory or workshop, especially in the clothing industry, where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours, and under poor conditions. Outsourcing- (verb); Obtain (goods or a service) from an outside foreign supplier, especially in a place of an internal source. Definition Outsourcing Advantages: Outsourcing allows employers to hire workers who are willing to work long hours for low pay. This means lower cost for more labor and hours. The country usually doesn’t care about the harm done to the workers, so you can force extreme labor and get away with it. Also, they make products faster. Disadvantages: Outsourcing doesn’t create jobs in the U.S., and companies can abuse workers and get away with it. Products made from foreign countries have reportedly been less healthy and less safe.

6. The Effect of Outsourcing (economically) on The U.S. Americans buy more Chinese (and other eastern countries) products than American products. Foreign products are cheaper, and, to keep Americans buying the products, they continually become cheaper. Even though products became cheaper, many Americans lost their jobs, and the U.S manufacturing sector slowed very much. America borrows money from other countries, which creates debt, and, currently, the United States’ government’s debt is at $9 trillion. China is the largest holder of U.S. debt. Jobs aren’t being created because of companies doing production in other countries. That means, people won’t be getting into jobs, this results in people being in debt, homeless, and unable to get necessities.

7. Working Environments: U.S. VS China. Before Research: China 1. Big, crowded factories 2. Bad sanitation 3. Bad pay The United States of America 1. Payed by minimum wage 2. Decent sanitation 3. Lots of machinery *Pink applies to next slide, rest are false.

8. Working Environments: U.S. VS China. After Research: China 1. Have many factories from western countries 2. Overcrowded factories 3. World’s second largest global exporter of clothing products 4. Hourly wage in garment factory is $0.93 5. Have poor human rights, this means horrible working conditions 6. Communist and capitalist 7. Largest holder of U.S. debt 8. Millions gained jobs 9. Make products fast, but it is reportedly unsafe 10. Makes products faster than the U.S. The United States of America 1. Not as many factories, because most are overseas 2. Owns A LOT of Eastern factories 3. Hourly wage in garment factory is $8.25 - 14 4. Owes Chinese government more than $850 billion 5. Citizens have more rights than Chinese citizens, better working conditions. 6. Capitalism 7. Millions lost jobs Both 1. Have a financial partnership *Pink is important comparison details.

9. Charts & Data Mean: 2 Median: 2 Mode: 1 or 2 Range: 3 China4 India1 Pakistan1 Guatemala1 Honduras2 Kenya1 Vietnam2 Dominican Republic 2 Mexico1 U.S.A.2 Indonesia2 Why does China make most of the shirts? Why are only two of the shirts from the U.S., when we live in the U.S.? IV DV

10. Where Students Shirts are Made Y - Axis (DV) Number of T- Shirts made in that Country. X - Axis (IV) Countries shirts are made in.

11. Pakistan.

12. Conclusion My Hypothesis was correct, and here’s why: Workers from Eastern countries were willing to receive low wages, as long as they got jobs. This resulted in many American businesses being able to move their production to Eastern countries. Products were cheaper as a result, and more Americans bought foreign goods. As a result, many Americans have lost jobs, and the U.S. manufacturing sector slowed very much. Workers in foreign countries were being paid low wages and were being abused in factories. (Countries such as China are good at concealing worker abuse.) Their government didn’t care for the workers much, but the workers made the government rich. As foreign countries’ economies improved, the U.S.’s didn’t.

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