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Henry Ford Impact On Society

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“If you think you can do a thing, or think you can’t you're right” - Henry Ford. Henry ford was a great man I believe. Henry ford was born in (july,30,1863)-(april,7,1947) he was an american automobile manufacturer. He revolutionized assembly line models of automobile production, and created the ford model T car in 1908. In 1908 ford sold millions of cars and became a world famous industry head but still holds a lasting impact on other technological development and U.S infrastructure. For example he is credited with being one of the nation's leading businessmen and set an example for the later businessmen and built what we see as a businessman. He also made a huge impact on the automobile industry ford introduced the model T car as the first …show more content…

The model T was so successful that Henry had to increase production for the increasing demand. So henry decided to install a machine that could make cars for him and this is where Henry has been recognized for his techniques in assembly line mass production. The model T dominated the automobile market for the next few years. At one point half of the cars in america were model T. Soon after the model T stole market henry ford named his son Edsel as president of Ford Motor Company but he retained full control of all company operations. Later down the road he moved production to a massive industrial complex he had built in Dearborn, Michigan. The plant includes a glass factory, steel mill, an assembly line and all other necessary components of automotive production. All in the same year ford stopped the production of the model T and introduced the model …show more content…

Ford's political views earned him widespread criticism over the years, beginning with his campaign against U.S. involvement in WW1. He made a failed attempt for a us senate seat in 1918, barely losing in a campaign marked by personal attacks from his opponent. In the Dearborn Independent, a local newspaper he bought in 1918 he published a number of anti-semitic writings that were collected and published as a four volume set called the international jew. Though he later renounced the writings and sold the

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Henry Ford knew he was an honest man, with morals and values, and chose to defend himself in court. The lawsuit gained a lot of attention from the media, and, as Henry Ford said, “Probably nothing so well advertised the Ford car and The Ford Motor Company as did this suit.” !!!! Despite Ford’s initial lack of success in business, Henry Ford proved to be an effective business leader. “The Ford Motor Company was one of only forty-four auto companies that survived the stock market crash of 1929.” !!!! In Henry Ford’s lifetime, more than 15,000,000 Model T Fords were manufactured and sold.

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This attracted Ford a lot of attention from investors, who were willing to fund the projects for the next seven years, and that is where he founded his own company which he called ‘The Detroit Automobile Company’, later named ‘The Henry Ford Company’ in 1899. Over the course of three years, his investors grew impatient with Ford, as he was busy perfecting his own designs until he eventually left to form his own company yet again, called ‘The Ford Motor Company’. Ford wanted his vehicles to be perfect for the consumer, and after a month of working in his new company, he finished his newest creation, known as a ‘Model-A’. The factory that made these cars were operating at a snail’s pace, only producing a handful of cars a day. This led Ford to try and invent new ways to make the process of building cars much quicker and cheaper, so that it can be bought by the consumer at a reasonable price by means of producing so many of them, and so, the ‘Model-T’ was invented, which was an extremely successful

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The man behind the Model T was known as Henry Ford. Henry Ford opened at Highland Park, Michigan, in 1913 to manufacture the Model T cars marked only the first step toward full mass production and the beginning of America’s worldwide industrial supremacy (Brands, 581). Ford Motor Company stated that Henry, “wanted the Model T to be affordable, simple to operate, and durable.” He did exactly so. The Model T is Ford’s universal car that put the world on wheels.

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Henry Ford is worthy of inclusion in HIST 1301 because of his innovations and his impact on the United States economy. He became one of the most significant industrialists in history, by contributing to changes in the age of mass production at the turn of the century, raising worker wages, lowering the cost of the automobile for the middle class and permanently altering American culture through these changes. First, Henry Ford envisioned making everyone have access to a reliable car that was affordable. So, in June 1903, Ford witnessed the founding of the Ford Motor Company, which sold its first car in July, made a profit in its first year, and over the course of 19 years, sold more than 15 million cars in the United States and extended internationally, accounting for half of the

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The invention of the assembly line made it faster and easier to complete the build which made the cars more affordable. “Ford's greatest contribution to the automobile industry was the development of the moving assembly line” (Ricci Paragraph 7). Before the assembly line, it took 14 hours to complete one Model T but with his new invention, it took only 1 hour and 33 minutes. This eventually led to prices overall Model T prices lowering to only 360 dollars. Henry Ford also paid his workers better wages, more than twice as much as other car manufacturers.

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Change Throughout The Progressive Era Although Henry Ford did not invent the world’s first automobile, he managed to create a new popular market at the start of the 20th century. The Ford Motor Company, established in 1905, introduced the Model T car in 1909. A total of 15 million cars had been sold by mid-1927, the year they were discontinued in order to introduce the new later version. The Model T was so successful mainly because it appealed to the mass market; the cars were both reliable, and easy to maintain (Ford Motor Company).

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Henry Ford was always ready to find new methods and ideas to help improve the Ford Motor Company. “He was willing to play around with new ideas, to listen to others, to mess around imaginatively” (Frost). Ford wanted to improve his cars in any way he could so he was always willing to try new and creative things to better his models. Satisfying his customers was one of his key priorities when he was working in the automobile industry. Not only did Ford affect the production aspect of his business but he was also the first person to raise the minimum wage of his workers.

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He believed that there should be a car that the public could all enjoy and be able to afford. The “Gospel of Wealth” states that an individual should contribute to the growth of social progress. The Model T was one way he contributed by creating a widespread market for automobiles. It was created to be a fair priced automobile that the public could invest in. Ford changed people’s lives completely because the addition of automobiles changed the way they lived.

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It's one of the most famous car companies on the market and one of his biggest accomplishments was when he made the Model T. It was a car that in 1908 that everyone could afford and buy cheaply and high quality. There is a quote by Henry Ford that says “I will build a car for the great multitude”. As a result of his work he effected the automobile industry by making cars, like the Model T, so America could afford. In 1908 more than ten thousand of them sold for $825 each in first year production .

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Henry Ford lived an ordinary life operating on his farm and attending a one-room school. at the age of 16, he changed into out of the house and operating

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