Why Was Henry Ford Influential

Henry James Ford

Sage Strouth

English Ten
Mr. Hoff
28 May 2012

Introduction:

Henry Ford was born in Michigan, Dearborn on July 30, 1863 (biography.com). From a young age he had preferred working with machinery and mechanics (inventors.com). At 16, he started working for Detroit Edison company, advancing from machine - shop apprentice to chief engineer within a few years (inventors.com). That was when he started working on the internal combustion engine. (biography.com) says that when1903 came around he left Edison and set up his own company The Motor Ford Company. In this time period cars were expensive and
Ford, But no other companies could (hmfgv.org). Not many other companies could keep up with the high wages he was paying (williamette.edu). His high wages made workers from other plants quit and come work for the Ford plant(biography.com). He gave very reasonable hours and high wages (williamette.edu). Henry changed the automobile industry forever. He made other companies stop dead in their tracks and think of ways to keep up with The Ford Motor Company (biography.com). During the depression The Ford Motor Company was the only one that didn 't need a government bail-out (hmfgv.org). Ford influenced many people and made many lives better and easier. From the begining and still to this day.

Section 3: Is the Ford Motor Company still around to this Day

Absolutely, the Ford motor company is alive and thriving still to this day. Named the Ford Motor Company in 1902 by Henry Ford (biography.com). He Brainstormed over the years to start producing the Model T (inventors.com). and within 20 years over half the cars in america were Model T’s (inventors.com). By this time the company’s profit was through the roof. and Ford had developed the phrase “you can have a Model T in any color you want as long as it’s black.”
so he invented the Ford Model A Fordor (inventors.com). and so on throughout the years one model left a new model came. (hmfgv.org). After fords death of a stroke in 1947, His son Edsel took over as president for a while but then passed it on and said the job was not for him.the presidency jumped from person to person throughout the years and changes every so often(spartucus.com).

Conclusion:

Henry Ford was an amazing man with amazing milestones (sage) He went from a kid that lived on a small farm in Detroit to the most important man in auto mobile history (hmfgv.org). He had over 166 patents and all sorts of inventions. He was the first to create the automobile in america (arguably the world) (inventors.com). He was the first to create the assembly line, and the first to mass produce the auto mobile (inventors.com). The Ford Motor Company might come to an end but, Henry Fords legacy will live on forever. (sage)

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