The photo shows a woman watching a row of machines in a factory. A photo of a woman standing between two long rows of sewing machines in a factory.

What advantages did machinery provide for factory owners?

The machines could do the work faster than skilled workers by hand.
Factory owners relied on skilled workers to run the machines.
The machines produced a better product than skilled workers by hand.
Factory owners needed more unskilled workers to run the machines.

Which is another term for the enterprise system?

20 points “the creation of a mosaic was a complicated procedure that called for careful timing and teamwork. . walls were painted with resin or tar before being covered with the first of three layers of plaster. . a sketch of the projected work was then made on the plaster to serve as a guide for the various artisans. the outermost layer of plaster, in which the pieces, or tesserae, of the mosaic would be set, was spread on only enough area to contain a day’s work. some of the tesserae—small, carefully cut fragments of colored glass, marble, and semiprecious stones—were pressed into the wet plaster so that they projected at a slight angle. the stones thereby better reflected light and imbued the finished mosaic with a shimmering life of its own.” —empires besieged: time frame a.d. 200–600 how many layers of materials were under the tiles? a. two- c. four- b. three- d. five

Why would employers want there to be large numbers of unemployed workers around?