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How did Fordism affect American labor?

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The answer The policy of Fordism affected workers by forcing them to become specialists. Prior to the use of the assembly-line production, a factory worker might do every part of car manufacturing: welding the steel, placing the glass, installing the seats, and painting it.
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The Fordist economic system shaped race and American labor. It created a new interregional division of labor. With sustained national growth, local firms turned into national corporations, and a new division of labor based on the Taylorist separation of functions was created.

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