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THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Henry Ford made this statement in 1909. Which invention did Henry Ford introduce to make his promise a reality? “I will build a motor car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for a family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise.”-Henry Ford, 1909
A
The assembly line
B
the telephone
C
interchangeable parts
D
rubber tires
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Henry Ford’s invention of the automobile is one of the most significant inventions from the Second Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ford revolutionized the factory environment, creating an assembly-line system that vastly improved production efficiency. Now, instead of workers moving around to work on the parts, the factory was organized so that workers were stationary while the vehicle moved down an assembly line.

Detailed explanation-3: -Henry Ford was by far one of the most imperative inventors of the Industrial Revolution. His primary invention, the automobile, changed life as we know it. It enabled people to go wherever they wanted whenever they wanted.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1832, Robert Anderson created the Electric carriage in Scotland. In 1885, Karl Friedrich Benz created the first car that ran on gas, just like the cars we have today. This car was powered by an internal combustion engine, which meant that it burned fossil fuels (gas).

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