The Rise of Industries Part 3 Mass Production Mass Production- large scale manufacturing done with...
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The Rise of Industries Part 3
The Rise of Industries Part 3 Mass Production Mass Production- large scale manufacturing done with machinery. Workers made more and the goods they made
Mass Production Mass Production- large scale manufacturing done
with machinery. Workers made more and the goods they made cost
less. 21 out of 26 families who owned cars did not have bathtubs
with running water.
Slide 4
The Assembly Line Dividing simple tasks and cut necessary
motion to a minimum. Ford installed the first moving assembly line
at a plant in Michigan. By 1925, a Ford car was rolling off the
line every 10 seconds.
Slide 5
The Ford Model T In 1908 the model T sold for $850. Because of
mass production techniques, by 1914 it sold for $490. Ford
increased his workers wages to $5 a day. This built worker loyalty.
Cars changed American life forever.
Slide 6
Consumer Products Disposable income- the money that people have
after taxes and living expenses. More people had money to go and
buy things like perfume, electric razors and frozen foods.
Slide 7
Aviation The Wright brothers had their first successful flight
in 1903. Airmail was invented in 1918. Congress passed the Kelly
Act in 1925 authorizing postal officials to hire private plane
operators to deliver mail.
Slide 8
The Radio Industry One of the first public broadcasts was in
1920 when Westinghouse Company aired the news of Hardings election
victory. In 1926 NBC set up a network of stations to broadcast
daily radio programs.
Slide 9
In what ways did the Roaring Twenties consumer culture
expand?