Henry Ford's Impact On Society

Automobiles are such a critical part of the average American today. Going to school, going to work, going shopping, going the do leisure activities, and travel are all made easy by the simple fact that people have access to automobiles. The invention of the automobile has paved the way for the American Society to be successful for many years.

Technology for the automobiles existed a few years before Henry Ford invented the assembly line, but Ford’s invention jumpstarted the production of what is known as one of the greatest inventions of mankind. Workers were paid a mere $5 dollars a day to operate the assembly line, when most of the other workers at the other plants were paid $2 a day. Ford thought that if he would up their pay it would give

By the end of the 1920’s, there were almost 25 million vehicles registered in the United States. By the 1920’s, companies such as General Motors and Chrysler offered different model designs and vehicles that had more features. This, in turn, gave Ford a run for their money, so they purchased a company that was going bankrupt, Lincoln. They made Lincoln their luxury models. The “guts” of the vehicle would be Fords, and the design of the body would be custom made by coach builders. Vehicles were evolving with technological advances. By the 1940’s, vehicles were commonly equipped with hydraulic 4-wheel brakes, radios, heaters, and automatic transmissions. The motors also became bigger, going from a 4-cylinder to a 6 cylinder in 1916, then in 1932 Ford released the V8.This meant that the vehicles were faster, and more

These jobs include factory workers, highway workers, and people to produce the fuel, mechanics, and plenty of other jobs. One of the main reasons why the United States is one of the most mobile countries in the world is because of our highway system. This was done largely in part by President Eisenhower, who signed the Federal Aid Highway act of 1956. The act allowed the government to pay 90% of the highway fees while the states paid for the rest. The standard road was at least 4 lanes wide. The system was designed to be able to move military vehicles throughout the country with little