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Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863. He grew up on a Farm near Detroit.
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When Ford is given a pocket watch from his father, he sucessfuly takes apart and reassembles it. This made him want to have some sort of life in machinery.
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Ford moves on at age 16 to an machin apprentice.
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After his Apprentinship, he reterned back home to work as a steam engine operator.
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At this company, cars were produced at high costs and low quality. This is not Ford's final company.
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The quadricycle was the first automobile Ford invented. It could go a max of twenty miles per hour, directed with a steering handle.
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This is ford's second company, where he founds the Model-T.
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This car appealed to a larger variety of people because of its lighter, stronger body than others.
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The assembly line method revolutionized the way automobiles are made. Model-T's were made by one every 24 seconds.
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The best mechanics went to Ford's assembly line to because of the wages. Even more, after three months they could buy their own Model-T.
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Hery Ford was very anti-semetic person. This made Americans think twice about his image as an american hero.
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Henry Ford was awarded The Grand Cross of The German Eagle, which is the highest medal a non-German Nazi can get.
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Henry Ford died of cerebral hemorrhage.
