The nineteen hundreds were a difficult time for most people living in the United States. The railroad was the biggest employer in the country. Most people living in this time period were poor. They were sharecroppers who still lived on their former “master’s” land or freed slaves who had little or no education. Even though it was a difficult time quite a few of the technologies we enjoy today, were invented in the early …showed first 75 words of 715 total…

…showed last 75 words of 715 total…reasons Ford alone in his industry refused to cooperate with the National Recovery Administration. Ford engaged in some philanthropic activity, like the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Ford’s most popular philanthropic accomplishment was the Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Ford was slowed down in 1938 by a stroke, but continued to run his company. Henry Ford’s grandson Henry Ford the third took over the company after WW1. Henry Ford died on April 7, 1947