Industries that prospered Flashcards
1
Q
What ratio of Americans owned a car?
A
1:5
2
Q
Name a well know car plant and how many workers it had
A
River Rouge Plant (Detroit) There were 80,000 workers
3
Q
How many model T’s did the Detroit plant produce per day
A
2500
4
Q
How many radios were in circulation in 1919 compared to in 1929?
A
1919 = 60,000 1929 = 10 million
5
Q
How did the construction industry prosper?
A
Roads doubled in length and the Grosse point suburb of of Detroit got 700% bigger
6
Q
What were skyscrapers a symbol of?
A
Wealth
7
Q
What types of people benefited from the boom?
A
Factory owners such as Ford
Unskilled workers and immigrants who could gain jibs in factories
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8
Q
Name two prosperous industrialists of the 1920’s
A
Carnegie and Rockefeller
