A SALEMAN (5) ...CALIFORNIA BEGAN SELLING PANTS MADE OF CANVAS....

1850, a saleman (5) ...California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (6) ...they were so strong, "Levi's pants" became (7) ... with gold miners; farmers and cowboys. Six years (8)...; Levis began making his pants with blue cotton (9) ...called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (10) ...jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.