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Narrative: Henry Ford (Grady G.) Hook: You can choose any color as long as it's Black. Hey there folks I’m Henry Ford. I was born in Greenfield Michigan, it’s a former civil township of Wayne County, Michigan; it was created from a portion of neighboring Springwells Township in 1833. Around the same time that I realized I had talent in engineering we were shocked with the death of my mother Mary. As a child I loved to tinker and fiddle with things & my mother Mary encouraged me and I Later got

Weeks 13-15 in this Michigan History course seemed to focus a lot on the behaviors of certain groups and who should be blamed for these behaviors. Week 13’s discussion board was considering whether or not students believed that Hamper’s Rivethead was an appropriate book for a survey course in Michigan history. Week 14 covered who or what should deserve the most blame for the current plight of Detroit, while week 15 students were asked whether or not U.S. authorities have reasonable cause to monitor

Henry Ford was an inventor at a young age. At 15 he reassembled his pocket watch his father gave him. He was an immigrant. The Ford’s didn’t grow up rich, they worked to help support their five children.  Henry had always been dreaming of gasoline engines. So after earning his engineering degree in 1891.  Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company hoping to support his family. After his devotion, time, and effort to the company in 1893, he was promoted to chief engineer. His dream

game, it will be hard to keep them out, even with two losses. Here are the teams to root for and against if you want to see Wisconsin in the Playoff. BIG TEN Root For: Michigan, Nebraska Meeting an undefeated Michigan in the Big Ten Championship would be a chance for Wisconsin to get revenge and make it into the Playoff. If Michigan loses

and the city is bankrupt. I. Introduction December 3, 2013, Motor City Detroit officially declared bankruptcy, it became the largest bankruptcy issue in the history of the United States of America. II. Background Detroit is the largest city in Michigan and is belong to Wayne County. Founded in 1701 by French explorer and fur trader” Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac”. It is an important city, the world’s traditional car center and music capital, located in the northeastern United States. It named after

the Algonquian people started to make their own tribes soon the Algonquian separated into smaller tribes (Ditchfield 6). One of those tribes was the Chippewa tribe which became the most powerful and largest Indian tribe taking over the Great Lakes, Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana, Ontario, and other parts of Canada (8). The Chippewa had many wars with other tribes that tried to advance into their land especially the

tribe is the fourth largest Native American Tribe in the United States. They lived in Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The majority of the tribe live in Canada near Michigan. Ojibwa language is called Algonquian. Ojibwa is also known as Ojibway, and Anishinabe, but mostly known by Chippewa. The name Chippewa was created by Europeans, to describe the Ojibwa tribe. Since the Ojibwa live mostly in the UP of Michigan the climate there were very little farming due to the cold weather. A band is

The Effects of Globalization on Labor Relations in the Auto Industry in the 80s and 90s Over the last several decades Labor relations within the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the automakers they are attached to have been a roller coaster ride. In the 1960’s and 1970’s the Union made substantial gains for its members in all aspects of bargaining. Wages were increased at levels unheard of today and they made huge improvements on health care and other fringe benefits. Membership was steadily

One question that I am often asked after introducing myself is “but why are you here though?” For many people that I’ve talked to, the thought of a Wisconsinite moving to Michigan for community college seems a little out of place. For most people, community college is something that is done before moving to another state for college,not after. However, this was not the route I was destined to take, and it payed of to be one of the best ones of my academic career, even if it does come of as a little

Future of Business in Michigan Introduction Detroit is known as the Motor City of the United States of America. Its economy was largely depends on the auto industry prior to the declining of the industry in 2008. Now the industry is revitalizing as well as other small to medium business are popping up in Detroit. The city has taken several improvement projects to support the entry of new business. If the city could able to complete the projects with respect to infrastructure, business and social