Michigan History
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
### This is an
“on your own project”. After I read it, it should give me a pretty good idea
that you understand the beginnings of the auto industry and the role it
played in developing the
Please answer
the following questions:
- Name the three major auto industries in the
- Name the major person, or people, responsible for starting each.
- What are three advantages of having motorized vehicles? Explain
- Name at least two other businesses, or companies, that rely on the auto industry to make their living? (Explain How)
- Briefly (Possible time line) trace the evolution of the automobile from the early 1900’s until modern day.
- What role has government played in this industry? (I.E. tariffs, auto emissions, air pollution from factories, safety features)
- Name five people who have had a major influence on the car industry, besides the ones you named in question #2. Hint they may not be directly related to the car industry.
- How did the automobile plant help us in getting ready for both World War I and World War II?
- Name two other companies that have produced cars and tell the role they filled that the big three did not?
- What is outsourcing? Give one positive and one negative way in which this has impacted the auto industry.
- A. What role has the foreign market played in the auto industry? Do you see this as a positive or negative role? Explain.
- Who was Tucker and what role did the Tucker Automobile play in the history of the auto industry?
- What type of car would you buy and why?
- Following along with question #13, which car do you think is the best, give me three reasons why?
- Even though you live in the
- If you were to go and buy a car tomorrow, list the top three things you would for in a car. Please put them in order according to importance?
- What do you think will happen to the big three in the next couple of years, according to what you’ve heard read and think?
- Where do you see the car industry in the next 20 years? Explain.
### Briefly summarize the value of this project. Would you have added or subtracted anything (One solid paragraph)
Links
| History of the Auto Industry | http://www.theautochannel.com/mania/industry.orig/history/ |
| Library of Congress - Auto Industry | http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/BERA/issue2/history.html |
| Auto Industry History | http://www.allsands.com/history/objects/autosindustryh_zlt_gn.htm |
| Auto Industry Timeline | http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3880 |
| Auto Industry Future | http://www.aei.org/issue/28979 |
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