Exam2 pt3 Flashcards
Who is the father of Automobile?
Henry Ford
What are the positive and negative to the assembly line?
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.
How does henry ford make prices affordable?
The Assembly Line
How could you get 25 dollars a week? / What was the car price dropped to?
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.
What is Henry Ford’s new Philosophy?
“$5.00 a day” where you get 25 dollars a week with 5 dollars a day.
What was the Model T?
First automobile that American society could afford.
Who did Henry Ford talk on how to make it available for the middle class to buy a car?
Alfred P. Sloan
What is Installment Plan? / Americans are paying how much in interest from banks?
You make monthly payments for Americans to pay off over time. / 75%
What is it called when companies work with banks to make installment plans?
General Motors
What was the first soap opera to hit the radio?
Painted Dreams
What is the first soap opera to go from radio to tv?
The Guided Light
The number 1 show in America is called which laid the foundation for batman?
The Shadow
What were movies called and who starred in them?
Serials/ Charlie Chaplin
What sport was Americas past time and broadcasted on radio?
Baseball
What is the “ Noble Experiment”? What did it do?
Prohibition/ The ban of alcohol around USA.