How Successful Was The Movement In The Early Twentieth Century

One of Ford’s greatest achievements in the consumer society was the adaptation of the moving assembly line in his factories. In this process, the frames of the car would continuously move along the assembly belt and be brought to the worker. Because of this innovative idea, Ford was able to heighten the efficiency and cost effectiveness in his factories. More Model T car being built faster allowed for an affordable car for the everyday citizen. Other car companies could not compete. Also adding to the industrial and consumer society, Ford raised the wages in his factories to nearly double of their original pay. With higher wages a constant flow of skilled workers flooded to the factories. Before long, the mass production and practices of raised wages concepts used by Ford created a huge economic system which became known as Fordism.
Socialism was a rising force across the globe in the early twentieth century. How successful was the movement in the United States? During its hay-day, the Socialist Party grew to around 150,000 members. The goals of the party were to initiate free college education, legislation to improve the conditions of laborers, and democratic control over the economy. Overall, the socialist party was able to help improve conditions and laborers rights in the factories and farms, as well as help the people have public ownership of the railroads and banking systems. In the election of 1912, the socialist candidate, Eugene Debs received six percent of votes for presidency. Although this does not seem like much, this number was un-heard of for non-majority