Mass production became a common way that many goods in America were made. Optimized by Henry Ford, mass production allowed manufacturers to produce much more and at a lower cost. Since mass production is able to have unskilled workers assembling products, it helped America during the Depression because it got people working. One problem with mass production during the Great Depression was that consumers did not have the money to buy the products that were being produced. This led to the whole economy spiraling downward.
Henry Ford was able to maximize efficiency through mass production. He manufactured cars by using assembly lines. By using assembly lines, Ford could hire unskilled workers to repeat the same task over and over. This increased efficiency since each person only had to worry about a small amount of tasks. Mass production really influenced change in the manufacturing business and it still is very present in today's industry.
It seems as time goes on, America keeps generating more ways to increase efficiency. This has also been shown in how America has shifted to a more mechanized way of producing things. As America grows, there will always be more ways to improve production of a product.
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