In synopsis of President Ford's life, he was born on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska, he was a great college football player, and during WWII, he served in the Navy. For almost 25 years Ford represented Michigan's 5th District after being Elected House of Representatives in 1948, Ford then found himself at the crossroads of history. After such time he was made vice president, only to then be made the 38th U.S. president due to Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal which caused him to resign. Ford was defeated by Jimmy Carter in the election of 1976 . 30 years later (2006) he passed away in California.…
One way Henry Ford was a Practitioner of the Gospel of Wealth was because of the thousands of jobs he provided and the high salaries given to his workers. Since the start of his company, Ford gave good wages to his employees. In the novel The Flivver King, by Upton Sinclair, the main character Abner was very hopeful about getting a job at the Ford Motor Company. When Abner is talking to Ford about getting hired, he explains that he works very hard at his current job but never gets promoted and has no future there (14). After getting hired at the Ford Motor Company, “he was getting seventeen and a half cents per hour, the best he had ever done, and Mr. Ford had promised that if he worked hard, he would be promoted” (16).…
Gerald Ford’s presidency was very trying and unexpected. For one, he had to battle inflation. Then after he was done battling inflation he had to revive the economy because it was recceeding and part of the reason why was due to inflation. During this time period chronic energy shortages were a big problem in the United States and Gerald Ford had to ensure that these…
“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the set backs and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward” (Henry Ford Quote). This quote helps expression how determined Henry Ford was. Henry Ford made a huge impact on our world during his life. He helped create the assembly line, which helped produce automobiles.…
Essentially he stated that he has buttons in his office that summon different people, and that when he had questions, he only needed to know which button to hit, to summon the specific expert to assist with his concern. He went to explain that he need not fill his mind with useless information, because those experts had the information for him. (Ford) Ford was a revolutionary man. He was a successful man.…
There, they eventualy had four children named Michael, John, Steven, and Susan. As a House representative, Ford was very well known and was re-elected 12 times with more than 60% of the vote each time. He was a very close friend of Nixon for many many…
Same as Carnegie, Ford is also a philanthropist. He treats his workers with dignity and respect, in a recent interview with him, Ford mentioned, “Burdening people with debt is an old deal not a new deal” (Henry Ford). He pays his employs a good amount so they can get the necessities and pay off their debt. In the interview he also mentions, “The only true test of values, either of man or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live” (Henry Ford). Ford stated a foundation called the Ford Foundation, he started this so he, himself could make the world a better place.…
During his early years in office, he faced problems with the economy and its high rate of unemployment and inflation. Also the U.S was going through an energy crisis where we were using to much energy. Ford had both successes and failures throughout the process of solving these problems. However he may not have been able to solve all of these problems, but he was able to ease the tensions between the U.S and Soviet Union. Since our previous history with the Soviet Union has not been all that great, it was one of his more successful accomplishments.…
Deciding he preferred being his own boss Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company in 1903. Ford Motor Company provided automobiles at reasonable prices for the working man by incorporating the moving assembly line. It quickly became one of America’s quickest growing enterprises. Ford not only provided quality automobiles to the public, but also quality job opportunities. “In 1914 Ford unveiled his boldest innovation yet: he virtually doubled wages to $5 per day” (“The Life of Henry Ford”).…
Henry Ford was an amazing mechanic who started the production of of the Ford industry and is one of the leading car production companies in the world. “His model-T made about 23 horsepower and could reach up to 20 miles per hour. ”(motor sport). There were about 15 million made between 1908 and 1927. The model-T would soon surpass other vehicles in this time.…
Ford was confronted with many problems that were going on in the world. The challenges he faced were major inflation, a recovery of a depressed economy, and trying to ensure world peace. He appointed his own vice president and selected a cabinet of his own. Ford’s reputation for integrity and openness made him very popular in his 25 years in congress. He established his own policies in his first year in office.…
Have you ever wanted to learn about a President that you never got the chance to meet? Well, today I'm going to teach you about Gerald R. Ford. Ford was the 38th president for the United States. Later, you will find out about Gerald Ford's early life, his college years, his presidency, and his life after presidency. Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1914.…
He help establish a working middle class and the development of suburbs. Most of his contributions are long term affects that are normal for our society in America today. Ford helped promote a stable economy with his mass production of automobiles. Henry Ford has contributed to the lives of Americans with his innovations that revolutionized the society and economy of the early 1900…
The impact that Henry Ford made on transportation is one of the only reasons the United States grew and prospered so much at the time. Ford wanted to sell an automobile that anyone could afford to buy. He said “It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise.” On October 1, 1908, the first automobile that Ford Motor Company made was completed. This first automobile was the Model T, it was sold for $825, or about $18,000 in today’s world.…
Ford was linked to edison who later went on to create another life changing invention and if Ford didn’t create the car the person who did might not have sparked other life changing inventions like Henry Ford did. The world will never know what could be different and that is interesting. If Ford didn’t spark other inventions the world would be nowhere close to what it is today. Electricity could be different, and everything the inventions changed would be different. Lifestyle would be harder that’s for certain and traveling would be a harder and more time consuming way of life.…