Timeline Detroit
Category: Otro
Actualizado: 4 oct 2018
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Created byCecilie Svenning
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Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company.The Ford Model T was invented.Ford announced the "5 dollar a day" pay.
Leading to loyal and good workers.Ford was one of the largest private employers of
African Americans in the US.Every sixworking American was employed by the
automobile industry; directly or indirectly.The National Labor Relations Act.
Required employers to allow union
organisations.United Automobile Workers negotiated
contracts with every major auto-firm.The workers of the big three was some of the
best paid and had the best beneficials.The automobile industry was an example of the
end of the class conflict.
The workers entered the middle class.Detroit became the fifth largest city in the USThe massive Dodge Main Plant closed.The Ford plant decreased jobs.Detroit erupted with one of the worst race riots
in American history.Detroits image was complety transformed
from the mighty engine of America to
the embodiment of the American urban woes.Chrysler filed for bankruptcy.The automobile industry rose again during the
economic boom in the 90s.Períodos
The timelineThe auto industry had their economic peak.
Detroit lost 130.000 jobs because the factories
got more industrialised.African American population in Detroit increased exponentially.
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