His early life
Henry Ford was born in 1863 on a farm in this U.S. state.
Michigan
In 1896, Henry Ford built his very first car, called this.
Quadricycle
Ford made cars affordable by using this type of production line.
Assembly line
Ford said, “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is” this.
Success
As a boy, Ford loved taking apart these small objects to learn how they worked.
Watches
Ford introduced this famous car in 1908 that became affordable for ordinary families.
Model T
Ford paid his workers this many dollars a day, which was double the usual wage.
5 Dollars
Ford believed money wasn’t everything, saying, “A business that makes nothing but money is a” what?
Poor business
At age 16, Ford moved to this city to work as a machinist apprentice.
Detroit
In 1915, Ford sent a “Peace Ship” to try to stop this global conflict.
World War I
Ford’s wage and workday reforms helped create this group of consumers.
Middle Class
Ford said, “The two most important things in any company do not appear in its balance sheet: its reputation and its” what?
People (employees)
Ford was the oldest of this many children in his family.
6
Ford once said, “Any customer can have a car painted any color he wants, so long as it is” this color.
Black
Ford’s assembly line reduced the time to build a car from 12 hours to this.
1 hour and 33 minutes
Ford gave this rule for industrialists: “Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest” what?
Wages possible
Growing up, Ford disliked farm chores and preferred working with these instead.
Machines
By 1927, Ford had sold more than this many Model Ts.
What is 15 million?
Ford helped popularize this standard work schedule by reducing hours to 8 per day and 5 days a week.
40-hour work week
Ford said, “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of” what?
Itself