I’m gonna be writing about why i think Henry Ford was the most important out of all the men who built america. I’m gonna write things that he has done with cars and if he hadn’t of done were we would be now in life without cars and why he is so famous for his cars. Henry Ford was born in 1893 and was the first surviving son of William and Mary Ford. When he became the age of 16 he left his hometown Dearborn‚Michigan to go to Detroit to go to school to be a machinist. When he became a machinist he
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Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most prominent American inventors of the 20th century. He was born in 1847 in Ohio and worked several different jobs during his early life. In 1968‚ while working at Western Union Company‚ Thomas Edison designed an electronic vote recorder for recording vote faster in legislature‚ which went unsuccessful with the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1869‚ he invented the Universal Stock Printer‚ which synchronized several stock tickers’ transactions‚ and sold the rights
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Chapter 16: Life at the Turn of the 20th Century ***New Technologies improve urban living and a modern mass culture emerges. Reforms in Public education raise literacy rates; African Americans work to end legal discrimination. Advances in science and technology help solve Urban problems‚ including overcrowding‚ unsanitary conditions‚ and death*** Section 1: Science and Urban Life: * Urban Planners- Mapped out plans for where buildings and companies would be constructed based on what was
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How Canadian Government Protect it’s culture in the 20th Century Ted Liu 11-B In twentieth Century‚ the Canadian government found out the importance to be got rid of American culture. It used three methods to achieve this goal. First‚ is put their hands on culture protection‚ use legislations to protect its media‚ which was known as Broadcasting Act in 1932. In 1968‚ it took one step further‚ the media in Canada must be owned by Canadians and the CRTC(Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunication
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The Spartacist Uprising Left wing group. Communist party Felt that Germany was ready to follow Russia’s example of a communist revolution Led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg Wanted a Germany ruled by workers’ council or soviets In 1919 they launched their bid for power Rebel soldiers and sailors The revolution failed Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were murdered The Communist Uprising in Bavaria Independent socialist state led by Kurt Eisner‚ Elbert’s ally. Kurt Eisner
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widely accepted method of transportation‚ cars have changed the way people live all over the world. They have affected all aspects of society such as family life‚ the economy‚ and even the environment. The advancement of automobiles over time has directly affected the advancement of society as a whole. Over the generations automobiles have influenced every aspect of society in many ways and have changed to keep up with the times. (axleaddict.com) The economy changed dramatically when automobiles were
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Creation: Henry Ford -> Ford Motor Co. -> Model T -> Assembly Line Who is Henry Ford? The man who invented the automobile is the response received by 7 out of 10 college students when proposed with this question. The other 3 responded with the man who invented the Model T and when asked further how he developed that they went blank. So why the misconception on a man who without we would not have roughly 600 million passenger cars today around the world‚ which averages to about 1 per
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Change and Progress in a Time of Peace Change has always been an inevitable part of life. Sometimes‚ change is for the better‚ and sometimes‚ change is for the worse. However‚ the “long nineteenth century” introduced changes that were undeniably for the better and would affect the lives of everyone living in that era and those that came after it. Specifically‚ health‚ methods of communication‚ and feminist ideas experienced great change during the years between the end of the French Revolution and
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The Constitution is the living document of the well-known American rights. It starts the long list of all the respectable rules with the famous line “We the People”. What some people may not know‚ is that “We the People” didn’t apply to 69% of the country. The Constitution gives “the people” their rights and their power which means that the people that are left out of it‚ don’t have rights in America. In this case‚ women. Women were vital parts of America. They could do jobs and work in the workforce
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In a cultural group in the 19th and 20th the western cultures started becoming more modern with technology‚ communication and military(). This modernization had given the western culture more political power and economic success in other cultures(). As the western cultures gained more accomplishments‚ other cultures were more pessimistic about the change and progression(). Non-western cultures were already set in their own ways with their own values. They were not ready to change or modify their
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