History Classroom: The Men Who Built America
Season 1 • Episode 8: The New Machine • Watch with subtitles
Episode 8: The New Machine
November 30, 2012 • 47 min
After McKinley is assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt becomes president and quickly passes a series of regulations increasing oversight of American business. Henry ford devises the plan for a gas-powered car, and he launches the assembly line as an innovative method of production. He targets the middle class with his Model T and changes the landscape of America.
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