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Chapters 7 & 8. Test on WEDNESDAY Notebook due WEDNESDAY after the test. 8.2 Study Guide. In a 1925 survey conducted in Muncie, Indiana, 21 out of 26 families who owned cars did not have bathtubs with running water. Real per capita soared 22 percent in the 1920s.
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Chapters 7 & 8 • Test on WEDNESDAY • Notebook due WEDNESDAY after the test
8.2 Study Guide • In a 1925 survey conducted in Muncie, Indiana, 21 out of 26 families who owned cars did not have bathtubs with running water. • Real per capita soared 22 percent in the 1920s. • As Americans' wages increased, their work hours decreased. • In 1926 International Harvester instituted an annual 2 week paid vacation for employees. • The implementation of mass production created more supply and reduced consumer costs.
8.2 Study Guide • Henry Ford's assembly line system divided operations into simple tasks that unskilled workers could do, and it cut unnecessary motion to a minimum. • Ford increased his workers' wages in 1914 to $5 per day and reduced the workday to 8 hour shifts. • Auto-making alone consumed 15% of the nation's steel, and the flood of cars stimulated a tremendous expansion of the petroleum industry. • The automobile created new small-business opportunities such as garages and gas stations • The transatlantic solo flight of former airmail pilot Charles Lindbergh in 1927 most powerfully demonstrated the possibilities of aviation.
8.2 Study Guide • In 1926 the NBC established a permanent network of radio stations to distribute daily programs. • In 1928 Americans experienced complete coverage of the first Presidential election campaign conducted over the airwaves. • One notable aspect of the economic boom was the growth of individual borrowing • To create consumers for their new products, manufacturers turned to advertising • The managerial revolution in companies created a new career, the professional manager
Advertising of the ‘20s Ford Ad - 1924Tudor Sedan $590 ($8300), Sedan $685 ($9600),Coupe $525 ($7500) http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpmech4.htm
Ford’s Model T - a car could be assembled in 93 minutes. In 1914 he produced 248,000 Model T's. The Assembly line IRC. "An assembly line.."unitedstreaming: http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
Ford’s assembly line http://www.uscibooks.com/taylor/taycov.htm
Sample automobile prices for 1925 Ford Motor Co. $590 $8200 Durant Motors, Inc. $785 $11,020 Chevrolet Motor Co. $795 $11,161 Dodge Brothers Co. $1,250 $17,548 Studebaker Corp. $1,595-$2785 $22,400-$39,100 Buick Motor Co. $1,665-$2,350 $23,375-$33,000 Chrysler Motor Car Co. $1,825 $25,620 Packard Motor Car Co. $3,275-$4,900 $46,000-$68,800 Cadillac Motor Car Co. $3,885-$4,550 $54,540-$63,900 Lincoln Motor Co. $4,800 $67,300 Daniels Motor Co. $7,600 $106,700 Rolls-Royce of America $10,895 (chassis only) $153,000
Advertising of the ‘20s Colgate Toothpaste Ad - 1924$.25 for the large tube http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snpmech4.htm
Advertising of the ‘20s Washing machine ad - 1923 http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/rekas/attic/wash.htm
Advertising of the ‘20s 1923 Cream of Wheat ad http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/rekas/attic/cream.htm
Advertising of the ‘20s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/rekas/attic/kiss.htm
Advertising of the ‘20s 1928 ad for a car battery http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/adaccess/radio/1922-1929/@Generic__BookTextView/705;nh=1?DwebQuery=electronics--misc#X
Advertising of the ‘20s http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/adaccess/beauty/shave1914-1953/@Generic__BookTextView/1886
Advertising of the ’20s 1924 radio http://www.antiqueradio.com/photorev3_10-95.html
Advertising of the ’20sAmerican Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T)
8.2 Study Guide • American Farmers did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s. • The Fordney-McCumber Act of 1922 dampened the American market for foreign goods and provoked a reaction in foreign markets against American Agricultural products.
Classwork & Homework • Complete Chart on back of 8.2 • Eyewitness to History (own paper) • Read the three sources on p. 460-461 • Answer all 4 of the questions in the DBQ box on the bottom of 461.