... future he helped create. He looked forward and backward into the future at the same time. Ford was afraid of the nation's ability move into the technological future without losing the values of Ford's past. Henry Ford represented the 1920's along with the flappers and flasks that did not represent his values. ... The model T was the first automobile built for the masses by Henry Ford. These cars symbolized change and the new era. Henry Ford looked forward into the future by changing the way people lived and worked. At one point in his life he ... was ranked the third greatest figure of ...

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... of mass production and assembly lines, the large scale use of telephones, automobiles, electricity, modern technology, and motion pictures rapidly increased in the 1920s. Henry Ford's new implementation of the assembly line greatly dropped the production price of his Ford Model T from $1200 to only $295. He could build a single vehicle in less than 90 minutes, resulting in Model T's coming off the line ... in three-minute intervals. In less than a decade, Ford sold over fifteen million Model Ts. By 1929, the United States had produced over 90% of the 32 million automobiles in the world....

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... step. The automotive industry was the largest industry there was. The assembly line made mass production possible, and the industry boomed. Henry Ford's assembly line, located in Detroit, Michigan, was the largest one in the country and possibly in the world. When Ford first started making cars, the only car he made was a black Model-T. Almost everybody in the United States had a car ... ...

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... products including lipstick, eyebrow pencils, nail polish, eye shadow, rouge, and powder. As capitalism spread, manufacturing products became more important to business owners. Through mass production, Henry Ford made it possible for people to buy a Ford automobile for less than $300. Now people could go from coast to coast in only 13 days. This was a phenomenal achievement for the period. As more products ... ...

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... daily lives. Transportation and mobility was improved for Canadian to make life easier. At the time transportation and mobility was expensive or time consuming. The Model T was an automobile the Henry Ford built. It was more affordable than the average care and fast then the average train or street car. By building an assembly line the parts was standardized and mass produced ... ...

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... . Woman did not have to cook much often. The refrigerator kept the food cool and lasting for a day or two. It also meant healthier and better lives for the families. Henry Ford introduced the Model A which was more efficient and luxurious. This meant people could travel further and faster. It came in variety of colors. The invention of the radio led to ... ...

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... 20s". [12] Around this period, America was bouncing back from the recession of war. In this post-war America, America slowly began to make progression after the First World War. Henry Ford perfected the assembly-line production to where this famous Rouge River Plant was producing a finished automobile every ten seconds. Sports were buoyed by people like home-run hero Babe Ruth ... ...

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... person had more money, and in turn bought more goods. Middle-class families bought new appliances such as electric refrigerators, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners. The modern assembly line, which Henry Ford first introduced shortly before the war, was vital not only to the automotive industry but to many others. This mass production created more jobs and resulted in an increase in ... ...

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... Americans, both the middle class and working class, adopt new methods for quicker, more efficient production, and a quicker way to grow economically. An example is the perfected system used by Henry Ford, the assembly line. It allowed workers to work in one spot at all times doing the same operation all day, rather than having to lose time rushing around the factory ... ...

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