Assembly line project

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This photo is about Henry Ford's assembly line and how it affected factories and the people.

In this photo workers are working at the Ford Motor Company factory at Dearborn, Michigan on March 1, 1928.

The Henry Ford Motor Company was created in 1903. 7 years before that Henry Ford designed his first gasoline-powered automobile. Henry's first highly successful car came in 1908 which costted $750, 5 years later his most important invention was created, the assembly line. This invention allowed him to mass-produce cars at 9,000 a day, allowing for the middle class to afford them instead of the upper class.

In this photo, the workers are working on an assembly line making automobiles. It was designed so they don't have to move their legs an inch.

Ford, Henry. "Henry Ford Comments on the Assembly Line." Gale U.S. History Online Collection, Gale, 2015. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/DHFOSM987208216/UHIC?u=pl2095&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=c84ae27e. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Henry Ford's assembly line changed the world by allowing for products to be made in mass qaunityties and more affordable to the public. This was able to turn the production of one part from 20 minutes into 13 minutes and 10 seconds.

Mass production

"Assembly line at Ford Motor Company factory, Minnesota, 1935. Industrial advancements such as Henry..." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3424387084/UHIC?u=pl2095&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=6c7a6bb5. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

"Assembly line at Ford Motor Company factory, Minnesota, 1935. Industrial advancements such as Henry..." New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Maryanne Cline Horowitz, vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3424387084/UHIC?u=pl2095&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=6c7a6bb5. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

While yes, the assembly line is good for keeping costs down it also created more problems. Today people in countrys with out many labor laws are being exploited, espeicealy children. This is can harmful since they are children and could possibly get injured.

Child Labor today

"Political Cartoon on Child Labor." Gale U.S. History Online Collection, Gale, 1913. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/AHNNAZ571247630/UHIC?u=pl2095&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=78ca2338. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.