Money Matters

Part 3

Read the three articles listed below. Each clue sheet contains an article and a series of questions. Read the article and answer the questions.

Clue Sheet #3a - Henry Ford Begins Production of the Model T in Highland Park (PDF 10k - 3 pages)

Clue Sheet #3b - The Federal Reserve Board (PDF 10k - 3 pages)

Clue Sheet #3c - The Stock Market Crash of 1929 (PDF 10k - 3 pages)

After you've shared the information you've collected, answer the following questions:

  1. How did innovation and Ford's leadership in employee relations fuel the economic growth during the 1920s?
  2. What role did the Federal Reserve System play in this era?
  3. How did the stock market crash accelerate the economic slide into the Great Depression?

Assignments 
1 - Henry Ford and the Model T
2 - The Federal Reserve Board

3 - The Stock Market

Read the articles and answer the questions on Clue Sheets #3a. #3b, and #3c. Copy the questions to a Word document and answer them on the same page(s). Make certain to save your work to your period folder (Period 6-2012) on the "T" drive. You will have 3 different papers. Title them as follows: #3a. Henry Ford and the Model T; #3b. The Federal Reserve Board; and #3c. The Stock Market.

Author: Pat Rox
Last modified: 6/6/2013 6:55 AM (EDT)