Where is My T-Shirt Made, and
Why?
Made by Isabella
Ramos.
Hypothesis:
If we make our goods in foreign countries,
then we will obtain more income.
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.
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.
Definition
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.
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.
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.
Working Environments: U.S. VS China. Before Research:
China
The United States of America
1. Big, crowded factories
1. Payed by minimum wage
2. Bad sanitation
2. Decent sanitation
3. Bad pay
3. Lots of machinery
*Pink applies to next slide, rest are false.
Working Environments: U.S. VS China. After Research:
China
Both
Have many factories from western countries
Overcrowded factories
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.
1. Have a financial partnership
1.
2.
3.
*Pink is important comparison details.
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
Charts & Data
Mean: 2
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.?
Median: 2
Mode: 1 or 2
Range: 3
IV
DV
China
4
India
1
Pakistan
1
Guatemala
1
Honduras
2
Kenya
1
Vietnam
2
Dominican
Republic
2
Mexico
1
U.S.A.
2
Indonesia
2
Where Students Shirts are Made
Y - Axis (DV)
Number of TShirts made in
that Country.
X - Axis (IV)
Countries
shirts are
made in.
.
Pakistan
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.
Conclusion
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