Exam2 pt3 Flashcards

1
Q

Who is the father of Automobile?

A

Henry Ford

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2
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What are the positive and negative to the assembly line?

A

Positive: it will cut down on time and working of the car, you don’t have to retrain people. The negative side is that it is repetitive and can cost you your limbs.

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3
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How does henry ford make prices affordable?

A

The Assembly Line

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4
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How could you get 25 dollars a week? / What was the car price dropped to?

A

if everyone in the factories spoke English, don’t come to work intoxicated, and expected to stand in the one location and do the one job for 12 hours / He dropped the price of a car from 600 thousand to 500 dollars.

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5
Q

What is Henry Ford’s new Philosophy?

A

“$5.00 a day” where you get 25 dollars a week with 5 dollars a day.

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6
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What was the Model T?

A

First automobile that American society could afford.

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7
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Who did Henry Ford talk on how to make it available for the middle class to buy a car?

A

Alfred P. Sloan

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8
Q

What is Installment Plan? / Americans are paying how much in interest from banks?

A

You make monthly payments for Americans to pay off over time. / 75%

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9
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What is it called when companies work with banks to make installment plans?

A

General Motors

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10
Q

What was the first soap opera to hit the radio?

A

Painted Dreams

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11
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What is the first soap opera to go from radio to tv?

A

The Guided Light

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12
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The number 1 show in America is called which laid the foundation for batman?

A

The Shadow

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13
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What were movies called and who starred in them?

A

Serials/ Charlie Chaplin

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14
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What sport was Americas past time and broadcasted on radio?

A

Baseball

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15
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What is the “ Noble Experiment”? What did it do?

A

Prohibition/ The ban of alcohol around USA.

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16
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Who smuggled alcohol from Canada to bring in USA?

A

Al capone

17
Q

What was it called where Capone sends a message to one of his competitors in Chicago, so the men were killed? / Was prohibition followed?

A

St. Valentine Day Massacre/ no

18
Q

Moonshine, speakeasies, and contraband are what?

A

Ways around prohibition

19
Q

Who made alcohol legal to bring money to the economy?

A

FDR

20
Q

What were young ladies in their twenties where hair was shorter, dresses above the angle called? / Was this type of behavior accepted by older generations of women?

A

The Flapper/ no

21
Q

What dance was seen as inappropriate?

A

The Charleston

22
Q

What becomes common in 1920s? / What does Margret Sanger do? / Why did she go to jail?

A

Birth control / Margret Sanger brings attention to how traumatic it is giving birth to children. / For showing “ Pornography”