According to the statement above:
" How did expanding research and development activities, "scientific management," and mass production reshape American industrial production?What role did General Electric and the Ford Motor Company play in these early twentieth-century developments?"
The answer is:
1. The expanding research allowed plenty industries to partner with different universities and grow faster.
2. The scientific management and mass production created an economy that was really fast and efficient, independent of skilled laborers, it placed more power in high officials, and made work very boring
Also, the General Electric created the first corporate lab and Ford Motor Company used the assembly line as well.
Hope this helps.