Notes
-Model T starts selling in 1915 for $440
-By 1925 a record 9109 cars are made in a day and the price became $290
-Most manufacturing is done in Detroit
-Introduction of the Assembly Line and factories increase output
-Model T starts selling in 1915 for $440
-By 1925 a record 9109 cars are made in a day and the price became $290
-Most manufacturing is done in Detroit
-Introduction of the Assembly Line and factories increase output
Summary
Henry Ford creates the iconic Model T and begins mass production in Detroit using an assembly line. This product becomes a universal symbol of the prosperous economy in America during the 1920s.
Quotes
The car provided Americans with an enviable standard of living. You could not get a steady job with high wages and health and retirement benefits working on the General Livestock Corporation assembly line putting udders on cows.
P. J. O'Rourke
Subjunctive Question
Would the Model T survive in a slightly less prosperous economy?
Henry Ford creates the iconic Model T and begins mass production in Detroit using an assembly line. This product becomes a universal symbol of the prosperous economy in America during the 1920s.
Quotes
The car provided Americans with an enviable standard of living. You could not get a steady job with high wages and health and retirement benefits working on the General Livestock Corporation assembly line putting udders on cows.
P. J. O'Rourke
Subjunctive Question
Would the Model T survive in a slightly less prosperous economy?