Essay
Motor City: The Story of Detroit
“You can see here, as it is impossible to do in a more varied and complex city, the whole structure of an industrial society.” So wrote...
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Essay
Betty Ford: A New Kind of First Lady
Americans never elected Gerald R. Ford president or even vice president—Richard Nixon appointed him after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in October 1973. Today, Ford’s brief...
Glossary Term – Event
Ford Hunger March
Thousands of unemployed workers marched at the Ford Motor Company’s Dearborn, Michigan, plant to demand hunger and job relief. Police fired on the crowd, killing three demonstrators.
Glossary Term – Event
Ford Motor Company founded
Former mechanic Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company with a group of investors in Detroit, Michigan. The first Ford car was assembled a month later.
Glossary Term – Event
Major industry changes by Ford
The Ford Motor Company perfected the assembly line and introduced the $5 per day wage, double the industry standard.
Teaching Resource
Woman Suffrage before 1920
Woman Suffrage by State/Territory and Year
Questions for Discussion
Which states gave women the vote first?
Why those particular states?