USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What system of manufacturing adopted by Henry Ford divided operations into simple tasks that unskilled workers could do and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum?
A
assembly line
B
mass production
C
apprentice system
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry Ford’s assembly line system divided operations into simple tasks that unskilled workers could do, and it cut unnecessary motion to a minimum.

Detailed explanation-2: -While he may not have invented the automobile, he did offer a new way of manufacturing a large number of vehicles. This method of production was the moving assembly line.

Detailed explanation-3: -The moving assembly line divided operations into simple tasks and cut unnecessary motion to a minimum. In 1913 automaker Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line at a plant in Highland Park, Michigan. By the following year, workers were building an automobile every 93 minutes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The specialization of the assembly line meant that Ford no longer had to use craftsmen and could instead hire low-skill workers and teach them a few simple steps. But the monotonous work led to high turnover, leading Ford to double his minimum wage in order to keep his line humming.

Detailed explanation-5: -What was Henry Ford’s major innovation with respecto to automobile production? He made the assembly line which made mass production possible.

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