industrial capitalism

Question 1

how did Eli Whitney increase industrialization?

Answer 1

-cotton gin (1793)
-interchangeable parts in firearms
(specialization in making small parts )

Question 2

Henry Ford increase industrialization?

Answer 2

(1913)

• assembly line to automobile production
• –conveyor system to workers
• inexpensive cars start the motor age

Question 3

reasons for rise of “big businesses”?

Answer 3

• industrial machinery and factories were big, encouraging businesses to operate on a large scale
• investment is attractive