13 janv. 1880 - Industrialization in the 1800s
Description:
-Assembly line production began to take hold when Eli Whitney developed interchangeable parts, but was at a grander scale with Ford's plants in the early 1900s-required workers to perform a single task over and over for 12-14 hours a day (before labor reforms)
-factories were incredibly dangerous; 500,000 injuries to workers per year
-lowered the price of living
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
13 janv. 1880
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 145 ans