Title: The History of the American Automobile
I. Introduction
A. Americans originally resisted the automobile
Il. Body
A. American car ownership in the 1900s
1. (supporting detai)
B. Henry Ford's invention of the assembly line
1. (supporting detail)
lIl. Conclusion
A. American use of the automobile today

From the outline, determine where to put the sentence below in a rough draft about the history of the American automobile.

For example, only 8,000 Americans owned cars in 1900 as opposed to 4.5 million Americans who owned automobiles in 1917.
A. in the body of the essay as a topic sentence

B. in the introduction

C. in the conclusion

D. In the body of the essay as a supporting detail