I. Introduction - Write a hook to catch the reader’s attention. (9 sentences including hook and claim). Hook: Did you know that before the Assembly Line cars were $850? Now add details to support the hook. Before the invention of the Assembly Line, cars were only available to the wealthy elite. In fact, the average price of a car in the early 1900s was around $850 - a crazy amount of money for most people at the time. However, all of that changed thanks to the Assembly Line, which revolutionized the way cars were manufactured. The Assembly Line made it possible for cars to be produced more quickly and efficiently, which brought down the cost of production dramatically. When Henry Ford invented the Assembly Line and hired about 50k people it sped up the time to build a Model T. It even lowered the price of the Model T to $300. Henry Ford paid each person $5 if they worked 8 hours. As a result, the price of cars dropped significantly, making them accessible to more people than ever before. Write your approved claim. The Ford Assembly Line is the best and most important artifact in the Henry Ford Museum because it allowed people to work and gain money, helped reduce the time to build cars, and reduced the price of cars. Claim: The Ford …show more content…
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