The History of Manufacturing

Changing materials into usable products in a workshop or factory

• manufacturing

• bartering

• creating

• technology

The first form of manufacturing was used in…

• shoe making

• the production line

• tool making

• the automobile industry

What was the advantage of using the steam engine in manufacturing?

• Steam Engine relies on fire but not as much fuel to make it.

• The steam engine replaced horses as the source of power.

• The power supplied by the steam engine was available 24 hours a day.

• All of the above

Who was given credit for developing the process of mass production?

• James Watts

• Henry Ford

• Eli Whitney

• Benjamin Franklin

Henry Ford perfected the ______ which allowed him to produce more cars at a lower cost to the consumer.

• steam engine

• mass production

• assembly line

• automobile production

The first American factories manufactured what product?

• tools

• muskets

• automobiles

• textiles

Before the steam engine where were most factories built?

• raw materials

• rivers and streams

• open fields

• rural areas

The barter system was…

• Buy goods on credit

• The importing of goods from other countries

• The exchange excess goods from a family for goods from another

• The sale of goods to a store

The mercantile system was…

• Buying goods on credit

• The importing of goods from other countries

• The exchange excess goods from a family for goods from another

• The sale of goods to a merchant who sold them through a store.

How long did it take Ford’s manufacturing plant to assemble a vehicle?

• 1 1/2 days

• 14 days

• 1 1/2 hours

• 14 hours