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Motorcar Industry Flashcards

1
Q

What replaced steam?

A

Electricity and oil

Combustion engines

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2
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How much did production increase by?

A

300%

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3
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What did the assembly line achieve?

A

Production was made into simple repetitive steps

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4
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Who set out to build a simple cheap car?

A

Henry Ford

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5
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Where did the assembly line start?

A

Car industry

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6
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How many stages did wheel making take?

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100

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7
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How many cars were made a day initially by ford?

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200

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8
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What did ford do to increase production?

A

Moved car past men
Conveyor belts to carry parts
Workers part of machine

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9
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Why were conditions bad?

A

Unions forbidden

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10
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How long to make a car?

A

1 1/2 hrs

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11
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How much did ford pay workers ?

A

5 dollars a day

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12
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How many shifts a day?

A

3

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13
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What happened to Detroit due to car industry?

A

Grew 4 times as big

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14
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What did ford build

A

River rouge plant

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15
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How many model t’s produced at river rouge plant?

A

2500

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16
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How many men worked at river rouge plant?

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80,000

17
Q

What ensured constant supply of workers?

A

70% immigrant labour

18
Q

What kept workers in line?

A

Plant protection service

19
Q

What encouraged workers to save for a car?

A

Company saving scheme

20
Q

When was the 10th million model T built?

A

1924

21
Q

What did mass production feed?

A

Mass consumption

22
Q

What were cheaper?

A

Electric appliances

23
Q

What did radio bring into the home?

A

Advertising

Popular music

24
Q

How many people owned a car?

A

1 in 5

40 years for Britain to catch up

25
Q

How many cars by 1929? How many were model t’s?

A

26 million

1/2 model t’s

26
Q

How did the growth of the motor industry boost the economy?

A

Used large quantities of US steel, leather, rubber and glass
More jobs created in these industries as more cars were made

27
Q

When and where was the first Ford factory built?

A

1903

Detroit, Michigan

28
Q

How did the price of the car fall due to the assembly line?

A

1911 cars cost $800

1928 cars cost $300

29
Q

How many bought Model T’s between 1911 and 1929?

A

15 million

30
Q

For every worker in a car factory, how many more more were needed for the parts needed?

A

10

31
Q

What did Ford call the Model T?

A

An affordable car for ordinary people

32
Q

Proportion of cars that were Ford

A

One in two

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