Car Industry

Question 1

What percentage of Americans owned a car by the end of the 1920s?

Answer 1

20%

Question 2

What was the rate of cars produced in Henry Ford’s factories by 1923?

Answer 2

1 car per 10 seconds

Question 3

As a result of mass production techniques, by how much did Henry Ford’s workers’ wages increase?

Answer 3

Doubled to $5 a day

Question 4

The Model T Ford originally cost $1200. How cheap did it eventually become?

Answer 4

$295

Question 5

What percentage of the US population was employed by the car industry in the 1920s?

Answer 5

7%

Question 6

How many miles of road were built in America per year?

Answer 6

10,000 miles per year

Question 7

The Cycle of Prosperity created by the car industry meant that what percentage of all rubber was used in the car industry?

Answer 7

80%

Question 8

How many families’ incomes were still less than $1000 a year?

Answer 8

6 million

Question 9

Which state benefited most from the oil consumption of the car industry?

Answer 9

Texas

Question 10

Which Court overturned a law to pay women in the car industry a living wage?

Answer 10

Supreme Court