Henry Ford
Published on Jan 01, 2016
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HENRY FORD
WHO WAS HE AS A PERSON AND A BRAIN?
Henry Ford was a very smart man and started to learn his grounds as an industrialist early on. Born on July 30, 1863 in Greenfield Township on a farm, he knew he wanted more to do with his life like building things or innovation. This mind set has helped him to become one of America's most well known people in it's history.
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13 year old Henry Ford was given a pocket watch as a gift. Later, he then took it apart to then rebuild it again amazing the family that were there.
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Ford builds his first car model at the age of 33. It was called the Quadricycle.
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Ford established the Ford Motor Company in 1903. A month after this event the Model A was made and 5 years later the Model T.
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Henry Ford was able to raise 28 thousand dollars. With this money he opened up his first factory in Highland Park Michigan.
The Model A was the Ford Motor Company's first car. In order to sell their cars they had to get licensed by A.L.A.M, a group that promised to 'tidy up' the car selling business.
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Ford had the idea of a race against A.L.A.M in order to have the rights to sell cars. He won with his own model car even though he was against Alex Winton, a famous racer at the time.
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He invented the moving assembly line which was a huge upgrade for the car industry. This invention gave people specific jobs and aloud cars to be constructed with in 93 minutes.
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Henry Ford increased the minimum wage from $2.34 a day to $5 for his workers. This action was for cheaper and more accessible automobiles.
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Ford was anti-Semitic meaning that he had a prejudice against the Jewish. This helped to create a huge controversy over Ford later in his career.
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Henry Ford had a certain admiration for Adolf Hitler and Germany itself. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle in 1938, the highest Medal of Honor from the Nazi regime for a foreign.
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Besides all of the controversial thoughts of Henry Ford, he was still a great asset to the innovation of technology not only in America, but also for the world. He proved that your place of birth does not have to have an affect on what you would like to do in the future. Unfortunately, Ford died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 7, 1947 at the age of 83. Even though he is gone, his efforts have caused a dent in history.
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