Industrial Revolution

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Slide 93

Taylorism – increasing efficiency through studies of human motion.

Slide 94

Industrial efficiency

Henry Ford learned that the less people had to move, the faster they would work.

Slide 95

Ford’s assembly line

Slide 96

The first cars were very expensive.

Slide 97

Model T

The Model T was the first car that middle class people could afford.

Slide 98

Model T

The assembly line lowered the cost of the Model T from $825 to $300.