The young Henry Ford came to invent the new way of travel at an affordable price. This invention would change the world. Ford later founded the Ford Motor Company that is still in production today. Not only had Henry Ford changed the way of travel, but also “developed a system of mass production”(Ford). Not only did Henry Ford provide a new way of travel, he also made it affordable for middle class working American. Born on July 30, 1863 in Greenfield Township, Michigan, Henry Ford was the top
Henry Ford and the Model T Introduction Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863. He was a business magnate and the founder of the Ford Motor Company. One of his biggest achievement was the development of the Model T, which was introduced on October 1, 1908. In the early 1900’s, only rich people could have an automobile. First of all, because the actual car was expensive, and second, because most models were so complicated to drive, that they would need a chauffeur. Henry Ford was determined to build
Devin Logsdon 12/18/2015 P.5 Mrs. Dowling The Early 1900’s with Henry Ford Many people would agree that Henry Ford was an intelligent, hard working man who came up from a farming family in Wayne County, Michigan. Around the age of sixteen, Ford decided that the farming lifestyle was not for him (Bio). This decision made him into one of the most well known people in American history and made him the most influential person of the turn of the nineteenth century. His work outside of the farm included
Henry Ford was not an inventor. He did not invent the assembly line nor did not even invent the automobile. Henry Ford's mind was used to innovate the entire world's standard for production and brought a means of cheap transportation to every home in America, Canada, United Kingdom, and a lot in Europe and Asia. Since he changed the way every manufacturing company creates its product he brought jobs to a vast amount of people. I will briefly explain the life of Henry Ford and afterwards the positive
automobile. The amount of gasoline could determine the distance of travel. The early automobiles could hold a maximum of three people. There were no special features such as a window or a rooftop. As automobiles became more available, they became more affordable. Because the automobile was just being introduced, roads were not built for cars. “Roads that had been designed for house transport began to deteriorate under the steadily increasing load of traffic” (Scott). Since the roads were not built for the
of Us is an extremely valuable part of history. Boom: The Story of Us is presented by giving an overview of how oil, mobiles, and growth- of the city helped the population entirely by shaping of the U.S. This resourceful movie makes you feel as if you are in the 1900’s. In addition, throughout the movie as cities grow, more new opportunities and new challenges come along. For instance, how one of the engineers named William Mulholland: Irish immigrant diverted water to hundreds of miles across a
“Where Did All the Nurses Go,” there was a shortage of nurses at the beginning of the war. Approximately twenty-five percent of nurses were called to the line of duty, hurting the civilian population back home (Whelan). Written in Careers in Focus: Nurse Practitioners, a shortage of physicians also became a problem following World War II (104). The result of an increasing need for healthcare providers opened the eyes of nurse Loretta Ford. In 2011, Elizabeth Landau wrote that “[Loretta Ford] collaborated