Ford Mondeo

the 1920s partied, gambled, and built amazing cars. The United States won World War I and was in an economic boom. Most people were wasting money, but some people invested into young industries. One of these was the car industry. Companies such as Ford, Dodge, Rolls Royce, and Duesenberg built new technology for cars and more. Even though cars were being built in the 1890s and early 1900s, it was not until the late teens and early 1920s that cars became widely available and had more improvements…

Armor and weaponry The U.S.S. Monitor was armed with two eleven inch Dahlgren smoothbores located in a 20 foot in diameter iron turret that could spin 360 degrees. The turret, which was covered in eight inches of iron plates was rotated by a vertical shaft that was connected to a 25 horsepower steam engine through a gear system. The rotation of the turret was controlled by one man under the deck. Over all the turret was nine feet high and weighed 120 tons. The cannons fired through oval gunports…

Henry Ford’s Impacts on Mobilization A major start of the automobile was Henry Ford. He always wanted to help make a way for the middle class to have some of the luxuries of the upper class. His way was the Ford car. One of Henry’s greatest quotes from the book Who Was Henry Ford stated “To do for the world more than the world does for you-that is success” (Michael Burgan 61). This was Henry’s overall goal in life and he thoroughly finished it by allowing people to become more mobile and…

staying together is progress, and working together is success.” Henry Ford is often referred to as the father of the automotive industry. Although that is not the truth, he did, however, change the industry forever for the better. With his invention of the Assembly line, it would change cars all over the world. Ford and his motor company were one of the most successful motor companies of the early nineteen hundreds. Henry Ford and his invention of the Assembly Line was something that…

including General Motors Technical Center, the United States Army Detroit Arsenal, home of the United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command and the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), St. Johns Macomb and Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals, Chrysler as well as the headquarters of Big Boy Restaurants…

The 1920’s was a decade of prosperity, a period of innovations in America. World War I, which involved Britain, France, Italy, and the United Stated of America fighting Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, ended on November 11, 1918, when a truce was signed at Versailles in France. After the war, the United States was forced to deal with problems such as racial tension, struggling farms, and labor unrest. The country also struggled with the spread of communism. After Russia’s revolution in…

Enzo Ferrari was born in Modena, in 1898, into a family of businesspeople. His father owned a small metal engineering company. Enzo, and his brother Alfredo spent a lot of time at the race circuit with their father. Those experiences sparked Enzo’s interest of cars and engines. After having to leave school early, and leaving the Army, Enzo found work as a test and race car driver. He was involved in many races himself, and in 1937, created his first race car. That was the start of creating his…

been tested by the 1800’s but they failed in comparison to the gas powered motor. The start of the century was new beginning for the automobile. The automobile which previously only the rich could afford was produced for the average citizen. Henry Ford produced this automobile in 1908 setting…

politically and socially, for America. People such as Babe Ruth, Henry Ford, and Charles Lindbergh greatly impacted America and were treated as heroes.This economic and social change occurred as a result of World War One. It brought hope and enlightenment, the role of women changed, and sports and entertainment stars were celebrated. Often named the roaring twenties, the 1920’s changed the way America is today. Henry Ford played a major role in the economic changes in the 1920’s. He…

Did you know in 1938, Henry Ford accepted the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the Nazi’s regime’s highest medal for a foreigner? Henry Ford may have been the first to make an affordable and reliable car for America, and many people looked up to him for it, so did the Nazi’s, but they looked up to him for a different reason. He wrote and published anti-Semitic writings. Henry also expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Germany. Ford accepted many achievements, some were not ones that…