Henry Ford: Symbol of an Age True/False Quiz (100% SOLVED)

Businessmen in the 1920's were surprisingly pessimistic and spent most of the decade dreading the "inevitable collapse of the market and prosperity." correct answers False Henry Ford believed the greatest impact of the automobile was that it created leisure time, believing work "crushed the spirit and oppressed the masses." correct answers False The author refutes the idea that Ford was ambivalent about the past and future and claims these ideas were spread by his political enemies. correct answers False Most people in the Twenties did not see Ford as a symbol of the age but as a vicious robber baron who exploited consumers. correct answers False Despite being the leader of an industrial revolution, Ford's upbringing on a Dearborn, Michigan farm shaped his values and thoughts. correct answers True Ford used his money and celebrity to publish and spread his ideas about hard work and the pioneer spirit of Americans. correct answers True Due to his experience building factories in urban areas, Ford was unusual for his time in praising the newer immigrants to America and their drive to succeed. correct answers False One less savory aspect of Ford's personal views was his rabid anti-Semitism. correct answers True Despite his appreciation for agrarian values, Ford's vision for the mechanization of farming sprang from his own experience of the "grueling grind of farm work." correct answers True Despite publicly extolling the benefits of nature and the outdoors, Ford rarely ventured beyond his six story townhouse in downtown Detroit, Michigan. correct answers False One benefit Ford envisioned as a result of mass produced automobiles was that it would free the average person to drive to the country and experience its benefits. correct answers True The author believes that Ford's statement that "history is more or less the bunk" has been misinterpreted and that Ford actually was very nostalgic. correct answers True In an ironic twist, Ford's restoration of Greenfield Village included an edict that banning automobiles and only allowing horse drawn buggies. correct answers True Ford deplored drinking and smoking but accepted that his workers needed these vices and even went so far as to provide a smoking room in all his factories. correct answers False