By the 1920s, workers in Henry Ford's automobile industry
a. did their work in a solemn atmosphere that emphasized making money over individuality.
b. enjoyed the company's eclectic tolerance of ethnic diversity.
c. were encouraged to unionize in an effort to form a consensus between labor and management.
d. experienced a return to the days of labor controlled by artisanship.
ANS: a
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