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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HENRY FORD

MODEL T, ASSEMBLY LINE

BACKGROUND INFO

  • Born in July 30th, 1863 near Dearborn, Michigan
  • Age 16, left home to become a machinist in Detroit
  • built first gasoline-powered horseless, the Quadricycle
  • 1891, hired as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Comany
  • Created Model T

ADVANCEMENT

  • Did not invent automobile
  • Transformed the automobile to an innovation
  • Created Model T on October 1908

ADVANCEMENT CONT.

  • Built an assembly line, mode of production
  • Line of workers put pieces of cars on a moving belt

IMPACT ON WORLD HISTORY

  • Transportation
  • Became cheaper and affordable
  • Revolutionized the industry
  • Shaped the 20th century
  • Made people's life easier