Advanced Placement-Style United States History
  Question of the Day--Answer and Explanation

Ford Model T  assembly line, 1913
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Question 989:

Henry Ford led the way in industry by

        (A) hiring more Jews in management positions
        (B) pioneering a style of management that delegated corporate decisions to professionals in specialized divisions
        (C) paying his workers high wages
        (D) paying his workers low wages
        (E) instituting worker-management teams to share decision-making about production
Answer:
        (C) paying his workers high wages
Explanation:

Ford paid his workers the unheard-of wage of $5 per day at the same time he made cars affordable to the average American.
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