Henry%20Ford%20:%20The%20Man%20Who%20Changed%20the%20World

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Henry Ford The Man Who Changed the World

• By Claire

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Introduction

• Henry Ford was a very important inventor for the
  world. He had a cramped childhood. Then he was
  inspired by something and because of that, Henry
  changed the world.

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Childhood

• Henry Ford had a crowded childhood. Henry
  was born on July 30th,1863 in what is now
  Dearborn, Michigan. His Father William Ford moved
  to America from Ireland. William met Mary Litogot
  Ohern at her farm. They fell in love and got
  married. Ford had five brothers and sisters,
  John, Margret, Jane, William Jr., and Robert.
  Henry was the oldest. He liked to experiment with
  things especially watches.

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Education

• Henry had a great education. At age seven
  Henrys father sent him to Scotch Settlement
  School. That is the school Henrys mother went
  to. At school he met Edsel Ruddiman. Henry always
  played with Edsel. They became best friends. Then
  he took a trip to Detroit.

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Inspiration

• Henry had a unexpected inspiration. While
  Henry was in Detroit he saw a steam engine loudly
  going across the road. It was the first road
  machine he had ever saw that runs on its own
  power without an animal. That was the day he
  wanted to build road machines that can run on
  there own. In 1879 when Henry was sixteen he
  moved to Detroit with his aunt Rebecca Flaherty.

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Job

• Henry had an interesting line of jobs. His first
  job was an apprentice at the James Flower 3
  Brothers Machine shop. (An apprentice is someone
  who works for someone else and train for
  something.) Then in 1882 Henry had returned to
  Dearborn. At Dearborn Henry met Clara Jane Bryant
  and Henry fell in love and got married. Then he
  met up with some workers (he was their leader)
  and planned things about a new kind of car.

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Job, Part 2

• Ford said, The greatest need today is a light,
  low-priced car with an up-to-date engine of ample
  horsepower and built of the very best material.
  Ford made a new type of steel called the vanadiam
  steel. It was used for the Model T. Henrys dream
  came true that day.

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Accomplishments

• He started the Henry Ford company and earned
  28,000. He made the light affordable car
  everyone can have. The Model T was 825. The
  first Model T was sold on October 1, 1908. More
  than 10,000 Model Ts were sold on the first year.
  Henry got a factory called the Highland Park
  plant. The price dropped to 525 and then to 345.

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Conclusion

• Henry Ford changed the world. He worked hard at
  his jobs and created the Model T perfectly. We
  should all respect his work.

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Credits

• Time For Kids Biographies Henry Ford
  
  
  
  
• Wikipedia.org