THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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paid workers lower wages than its competitors paid
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used foreign-made parts
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developed a less expensive method of production
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offered a variety of options to buyers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ford’s innovation lay in his use of mass production to manufacture automobiles. He revolutionized industrial work by perfecting the assembly line, which enabled him to lower the Model T’s price from $850 in 1908 to $300 in 1924, making car ownership a real possibility for a large share of the population.
Detailed explanation-2: -The moving assembly line changed the way automobiles are made. The $5 day brought workers to this new method of building cars.
Detailed explanation-3: -The farm boy Ford was motivated originally by a desire to lighten the toil of farmers and help them haul goods to market. In 1908 his Ford Motor Company introduced a car for the masses, the Model T.
Detailed explanation-4: -On December 1, 1913, Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to one hour and 33 minutes.