PLTW CIM-History of Manufacturing/Programming

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Manufacturing accounts for what percentage of the US gross domestic product?

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about 12%

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Manufacturing employs what percentage of the U.S. workforce?

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about 8 %

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People that are skilled in making a particular product.

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Artisans

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Prior to 19th Century, products are made by highly skilled people.

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True

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Prior to 19th century, mass production is costly and untimely because:

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Each item is made one at a time

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What did Henry Ford introduce in the 1900s to improve mass production?

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Assembly line

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Ford’s idea was that manufacturing could be sped up if the assembling process was broken down into smaller parts so that...

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unskilled laborers could be used

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Prior to 19th century, Eli Whitney invented this to process cotton.

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cotton gin

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Eli Whitney was also behind the idea of what manufacturing breakthrough?

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interchangeable parts

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Eli Whitney also adapted the mass production system in the manufacturing of what product?

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muskets