The assembly line of Henry Ford came out in 1913. The need for skilled laborers was gone and out came the simple task that had taken over the industry. This was a problem …show more content…
Later on Henry had decided to quit his job at the Edison Company and later on that company had proceeded to go bankrupt because no cars had been sold. In the early 1900’s Henry decided his new job would be to race and sell cars. Henry had raced and made a world record in 1901 for the (39.4 second) mile over the ice of Lake st. Claire. Henry proceeded to open a company one last time and the company was called The Ford Motor company. The company only owned 25% of their business which was worth 28k, it had 3 owners that helped C.H Wills as a company assistant and the business acumen James …show more content…
Henry was told on the boat that the U.S might have to go into war with Germany. Henry quickly left the ship not wanting to get caught in the warfare of the war. In 1916 the U.S had declared war on Germany. Henry was angry because this meant he would lose sales on his Model T’s. Instead of being upset Henry decided to make submarines, planes, and many other vehicles for the U.S government this increased the assembly line and his money. Henry later modified the army vehicles and sold 15,000 tanks. Henry wanted to increase more money so he ended up being 10% of the Dodge’s stock in the