Cars changed America
Hamburgers and apple pies were served.
What kind of food was served at fastfood restaurants and drive through on the highways?
In the Great Lakes region.
Where is Detroit situated?
because they wanted to escape the segregated southern states and because they could find lots of low-skilled jobs.
Why did many African-American people move to Detroit?
American car makers had to reduce production costs.
Why did American car makes outsourced and automated their assembly lines?
It is a group of stores situated in the suburbs. Shoppers have to drive there.
What's a mall?
The rust belt.
What's the name of the region of the US where the auto industry was situated.
It fought for the rights of factory workers. They made sure that their jobs were well-paid and that they included health insurance and old age pension.
What did the union of car workers do?
They were mostly Asian (Japanese) brands.
What nationalities were the foreign brands that competed with the Detroit born brands?
Because the numbers of road accidents and casualties increased.
Why did the authorities create driver's licences and speed limits?
General Motors, Ford, Cadillac, Chevrolet
What are some brands of cars originally built in Detroit?
because the use of the assembly line and Fordism increased car production a lot.
Why did the price of cars go down?
because they were laid off from the car factories and couldn't find a job in other fields.
Why did auto workers move out of Detroit?
Because the American government had to spend money on building highways and interstates.
Why did the American government stop investing in rail roads?
because there was iron, steel, water and access to rivers and lakes for transportation.
Why did automakers choose Detroit, Cleveland or St Louis?
because thousands of low-skilled workers moved to Detroit with their families to work in the auto industry.
Why did the population of Detroit increase so much between the 1920s and the 1950s?
Because the number of inhabitants and businesses went down so there was no more tax money for the city.
Why did the city of detroit go bankrupt?
He is famous for creating the assembly line and an efficient way to work in a factory.
What's Henry Ford famous for?
It is the place where the CEO and the managers and executives of a company work.
What's the headquarter of a company?
it is the first cheap, mass produced American car.
What's the Ford model T?
They are violent fights between African-American people who feel discriminated against and the police.
What are racial riots?