Mass production 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe USA - twentieth century changeGCSEAQA Created by: flo.wCreated on: 12-04-14 17:43 Henry Ford set out to build a car which everyone could afford to buy slow, ugly, difficult to drive, nicknamed 'tin lizzie' price never increased 1909 $1200 -> 1928 $295 producing a car a minute in 1929 1 of 3 Assembly line electric conveyer belt carried the partly assembled car past the workers workers did the same job all day didn't waste time one colour and engine size - standardised fewer skilled workers needed 2 of 3 Work force introduced shift system unskilled workers payed higher wages 3 of 3
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