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If you go to China, you see Chinese people. If you go to Egypt, you see Egyptians. But, when you walk through the streets of Boston or Los Angeles, you see a mix of people with different ethnic backgrounds. At some point, their grandfather, or father, or even themselves immigrated here to live the “American Dream”. My story all starts with my grandfathers. My grandfather were born and raised in India they were not very wealthy, but they were considered well off in India. At the time, India…

was finally able to get back on their feet after being against the European countries. America had plenty of money to invest. American experienced a big difference in the work place, whenever there were opportunities for a job there was assembly lines being formed. Which made consumers goods like radios, automobiles cheaper for Americans to buy also core goods such as coal and oil. Car manufactures it allowed Americans to go further out to spend money eg and being able to buy new practices in…

I passed one person. Then I passed another person. Eventually I had passed a good 10 or so people. I started to make the turn to break for the finish line when I noticed something odd; no one was ahead of me. I slowed down, then noticed that everyone was turning to run a second lap. I slowed down to a steady jog again. Although I was tired, I prepared myself to run another lap, and then sped up to a…

Henry Ford was the leader I decided to choose for this assignment because I find him very interesting and I love Fords. Henry Ford is the inventor of the Model T Ford and founder of Ford Motor Company. He was born on July 30, 1863, in Greenfield Township, Michigan. His only education was from working on the family farm. His occupation was an industrialist. Ford grew up living on working on the family farm and shortly after his mother died, he decided to leave the farm. When Ford was a young…

The summer of 2013 I was 15 and my dad was teaching me how to drive the loader tractor because my grandfather was injured and he was the one who typically drove the loader tractor. It was haying season which was a busy time of the year and my dad was in need of help and I was the only one who had my tractors license on the farm because my brother and sister were too young. My dad first showed me the basics, where the break, clutch, and shifter were. Then he stared to teach me how to shift. I…

The idea that making something for oneself to use in their day to day life may seem too daunting for the average person. Most people would rather just go out and buy whatever it is they want/need and call it a day. This can save them a lot of time and money but may rob them of the joy of producing something of their own and may cause them to have an inferior product. So is it better to make something or is it more advantageous to save both time and money to buy something that is mass produced?…

In I Invented The Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford, Richard Snow puts together a masterpiece narrative of Ford’s rise to fame through his greatest invention. The book covers the life of Henry Ford from birth, the same year as the battle of Gettysburg, Ford died two years after the atomic bombs fell. The book however does not start with his birth but staving his birth place and then on to saving history. One very interesting things Snow writes about this period is, “Once again his agents went…

What I found most interesting in chapter 25 was how the automotive industry affected the society at its max. Henry ford with the model T was a genius man who we owe the privilege of being abet to all be in affordable vehicle. Ford invented a new way to make affordable vehicles which in the demand busted the competitions sales prices has well. forcing them to come back with affordable cars Haswell. However, it was not the sale prices that revolutions society, Nothings less it was the commodity of…

Globalization can be considered a way that the world is advancing or it can be considered one of the downfalls of the world’s economy. Globalization can help people get out of poverty and help companies thrive, but on the contrary, can hurt them because of poor working conditions in the factories. Kelsey Timmerman’s view on globalization's negative impacts caused him to want to become an informed consumer and go on a trip around the world to meet the people being affected by globalization.…

Chicago is known for having many neighborhoods and each one having individual cultures and identities. The city has more than 200 neighborhoods and 77 community areas and all of them have a deep history that when combined with the others, it creates the complex history of the city we know today. Each neighborhood has unique cultural aspects and historical landmarks, in which the city encourages tourist and locals to go and explore them in each neighborhood. In other words, Chicago sells and…