Ford Motor Company by Rocky

https://www.shmoop.com/1920s/henry-ford.html

brmoore228 — 2017-12-01 14:50:20 UTC

This website gives a good background on what Henry Ford, and his company did for the country. It was one of the first ever car companies in the U.S. Henry Ford started the system of mass production by coming up with the assembly line, which is a factory system that we still use today. The Ford company was a respectable company. Workers were treated well, and they got payed in high wages.

brmoore228 — 2017-12-01 14:59:34 UTC

https://corporate.ford.com/history.html
The cool thing about this website is that it gives you a timeline of the Ford Motor Company, and their steps to success. It has a list of the decades of the 19th century, and you can choose a decade, and it will list each year in that decade. This site shows what the Ford motor company's current dream is. They have built Eco-boost engines that will help clean up the world.

New Eco-boost engine

http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/69/Ford-Motor-Company.html

brmoore228 — 2017-12-01 15:11:17 UTC

Henry Ford was a man of great power. Once his company expanded, he was a big figure in the U.S. This website shows the struggles that he went through to make the company that Ford is today. struggles were no problem for this man. He had faced major debt, and turned around and made a smart investment into a railroad and gained 3 million.

brmoore228 — 2017-12-01 15:22:07 UTC

brmoore228 — 2017-12-01 15:22:36 UTC

https://corporate.ford.com/history.html

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 15:52:44 UTC

This website I used earlier but what I like about it is that it connects with today's issues. They mention global warming, and how to make fuel efficient cars that wont harm our environment. They also mention getting involved with today's tech. world.

https://youtu.be/UD9LM7Fu948

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 16:18:49 UTC

"We are entering an era when we shall create resources which shall be so constantly renewed that the only loss will be not to use them. There will be such a plenteous supply of heat, light and power, that it will be a sin not to use all we want. This era is coming now. And it is coming by way of Water." (Ford News, p.2,) 2/1/1922

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 18:43:42 UTC

Henry Ford wanted to make it clear to people what was coming. He was so confident in his company, that he was convincing people that it will be a way of life to take advantage of all the resources to come. This idea comes from mass production, and the assembly line. There was so much being produced because he was trying to change the world.

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 19:02:19 UTC

"Work mixed with management becomes not only easier but more profitable. The time is past when anyone can boast about 'hard work' without having a corresponding result to show for it." (Ford News, p. 2.)12/1/1923

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 19:04:38 UTC

Henry Ford was a man who wanted to make sure that his workers and his company had the best work environment they can possibly have. This quote shows his ideal way of a business being ran. He believes management that work well with the hard laborers creates the best, and most successful production line.

"The young people got me interested in aviation. It is part of the motor age. Development is dependent on power."

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 19:11:32 UTC

This quote is interesting to me because it's talking about the start of aviation. Powerful people are needed for aviation to spread and grow. Henry Ford had the best motors at the time, so he knew he would be needed. The cool thing about his business too was that he was already building engines, so he had the resources that aviators need.

Vocab

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 19:16:20 UTC

Aviation: The flying or operating of aircraft.
Management: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
Corresponding: have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.
Plenteous: A lot of something
Sin: An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
Assembly Line: Series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.
Debt: Something, typically money, that is owed or due.
Eco-boost: Combination of turbocharging and direct fuel injection that improves fuel economy without sacrificing engine power.
Henry Ford: An American captain of industry and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Renewed: Resume an activity after an interruption.

Back Ground

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 19:37:09 UTC

The Ford Motor Company was one of the first car companies. They were the start of the car industry that we see today. They also advanced mass production by mixing good management and hard workers. Their owner Henry Ford came up with the idea of an assembly line. This was the main reason why his company was such a huge deal. His cars were affordable, and had good quality. Cars weren't wide spread before because they took longer to make which raised the price of the car.

Effect On Society

brmoore228 — 2017-12-03 19:41:29 UTC

The Ford Motor Company was the reason why cars are so wide spread. If it weren't for their cheap affordable cars at this time, cars wouldn't have advanced and been as popular as they are today. The cheap affordable car made every day lives a lot easier. People could be transported faster, and transport things a lot easier. This availability freed up time for people allowing for better lives with more entertainment which ties into what the 1920's are about. We still see this today. We use cars for everything, and they are probably used more than they ever were. cars also increased oil companies production, and their profit because of the higher demand for it which opened up new jobs for people in need. Cars allow us to live the life we do today.

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