For what practical reasons did Henry Ford adopt the eight-hour day and five-day week?

Henry Ford adopted the eight-hour day and five-day week to alleviate a depression in the auto industry in 1926.

The move to reduce working hours curbed overproduction and unemployment in the industry.

What was the original name of IBM? The company IBM, now known as International Business Machines was originally founded as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company in 1911.
What was Samuel Gompers’s (1850-1924) occupation before he became a labor leader? The founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) Samuel Gompers was, like his father, a cigar maker. The English immigrant reshaped the Cigar Makers International Union before founding the AFL in 1886.
To whom did the million-dollar legs belong in the 1939 movie Million Dollar Legs? The million-dollar legs belong to a racehorse by the same name. Betty Grable's legs and the rest of the actress appeared in the movie too.
Who said, “I would rather be right than be president”? Statesman Henry Clay (1777-1852) said, "I would rather be right than be president".
Who said, “After eight years as president, I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun”? Andrew Jackson said, "After eight years as president, I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun".
When was the Nativity Scene first represented in art? The scene of the newborn Christ, the Virgin Mary, and often shepherds and the Magi is familiar to most of us. The Nativity Scene was first represented in the fourth century, carved on…