Henry Ford likes to drive
The most popular car model of the 1920’s
the Model T
The icebox was replaced with this invention in the 1920’s and we still use it today
Refrigerator
This man imagined the idea of the broadcast radio
David Sarnoff
These ornate luxury movie theaters cost a whopping 30 cents per admission
Movie Palaces
Architect who designed the Ford factory in Highland park
Albert Kahn
This early type of credit card like payment method was referred to as this
Installment buying
This company dominated the radio industry
Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
This savvy business woman/actress was named “America’s Sweetheart”
Mary Pickford
This economical strategy employed by Ford involved taking complete control over all resources in a manufacturing process
Vertical integration
This iconic fictional housewife helped pave the way for emotional connection within advertising
Betty Crocker
This act sought to regulate and employ broadcasting licenses in order to bring stability to American radio
Federal Radio Act of 1927
This free spirited silent-era actress embodied the meaning of “flapper girl”
Clara bow
Ford offered this amount as minimum wage to his employees
This number of industries were electrified by 1929 (percentage)
70%
This number of new radio stations began broadcasting by 1921
26
This exciting type of movie killed of there silent predecessor
Talkies
The price of the Model T in the year 1925
$290
By 1920 this many homes had wired electricity (percentage
34.7%
This man brought christianity to the air with his weekly hour long radio sermons
Father Charles Coughlin
By 1923 nearly this amount of movie theaters existed
15,000