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Effects of the automobile.
Booming Economy
Production of products
Consumer Economy
FACTS FROM THEM ALL!
100
Populated area that flourished with the introduction of the automobile.
What is the suburbs.
100
This is the total value of all goods and services produced
What is Gross National Product (GNP)
100
DAILY DOUBLE! How much did the 1910 Model T cost?
What is $850
100
By the 1920's more than 60 percent of American housholds had this.
What is electricity.
100
Who employed the most African-American workers.
What is The Ford motor company.
200
During the 1920's this became an important part of American life
What is the car.
200
This stimulate rapid industrial growth.
What is Technology
200
Ford introduced methods to ensure frugality of what?
What is time
200
Companies spent more money on this to persuade people to buy their product
What is advertising
200
Industrial production increased by this much, far exceeding the increase in population.
What is 60 percent
300
In the 1920's this many people in America worked for auto companies or related jobs
What is 4 million.
300
By cutting the costs of production, businesses could do this.
What is lower prices.
300
Ford used mass production and this to help produce his automobiles
What is assembly lines.
300
Consumers could buy products promising to pay small, regular amounts over a period of time, using what method?
What is installment buying.
300
By 1927 the price of a Model T dropped to what?
What is $295
400
In 1914 Henry Ford announced that he would pay his workers this wage of how much per day?
What is $5.
400
Hiring experts, or people with advanced knowledge is a use of what method?
What is Scientific management
400
Ford produced this percent of the automobiles in the decade.
What is 60 percent.
400
With more people purchasing more goods, companies were involved in this for consumer's dollars.
What is competition.
400
This percent of pianos, sewing machines, and washing machines were bought on installment plans
What is 90 percent
500
This place became the automobile manufacturing center of the world
What is Detroit, Michigan.
500
Before Wold War 1, 30 percent of the nation's factories were run by electricity. By 1929 this figure had risen to what?
What is 70 percent.
500
In 1925 how long did it take for a Model T to roll off of the assembly line?
What is 10 seconds.
500
By 1926 this percent of households with incomes higher than $3,000 boasted washing machines and vacuum cleaners.
What is 80 percent
500
Scientific management was developed by who?
Who is Frederick Winslow Taylor.