Research Paper: Theme Change


       Angela Perez

 

    

  Individuals other than presidents have played an enormous role in United States history. Andrew Carnegie and industrialization and henry ford and the auto mobile have had to major changes in the nation’s economy, government and society.

           Andrew Carnegie is known as one of the captains of industry in the 19th century. Andrew helped build the American steel industry turning him very rich. Although his business helped with the production of automobile and other steel products, Carnegie knew what it was like to live in poverty. Later in his life, he sold his business and gave his collective fortune away to cultural, educational, and scientific institutions for “the improvement for mankind”.

          In 1947, Henry Ford built his first car. By 1903 he established the Ford Motor Company. In 1908 the first Model T car was made. The Model T car was very expensive and only the wealthy can afford it. Ford introduced revolutionary new mass production methods including large production plans, the use of standardized and interchangeable parts. By1913 the assembly line of affordable cars was created giving people means of transportation.

          Andrew Carnegie in industrialization and Henry Ford with the automobile have had good impacts on society, government, and economy.

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