Ford and the Model-T (Questions with error-free answers)

Growing up in southeast Michigan, Young Ford took an interest in ________ engine technology... in part because he disliked farming and hoped some of the work could be shifted to the machines. correct answers steam or mechanic In particular, For hated the role ________ played on the farm... since they required so much attention. correct answers horses Moving to Detroit at the age of 16, young Ford began tinkering with a new ________ combustion engine. correct answers internal By 1885 in the nation of ________; Gottleib Daimler go the first "motorized carriage" on the road. correct answers Germany When the Duryea brothers in Massachusetts built the first successful American auto in 1893, young Henry Ford began to: ________. correct answers wonder if making a car was a good idea Ford drew a paycheck, advice, and inspiration from the legendary inventor ________ (1891). correct answers Thomas Edison Ford's 'Quadracycle' (for which he build the engine himself) was successfully tested in the year ________. correct answers 1896 Ransom Olds and the Duryea brothers became the "first auto manufacturers" by producing ________. correct answers autos (cars) Henry Leland left Ford's Detroit Automobile Company in 1899, and started a company known as ________. correct answers Cadillac While Leland--and many others at the D.A.C.--wanted to focus on luxury playthings for the rich Ford stubbornly insisted on building an inexpensive car for ________. correct answers Farmers In 1902, Ford built the 26 horsepower (!!) "999" hoping to gain publicity from ________. correct answers auto (car) racing The gamble paid off, and in 1903 Ford owned ________% of the promising new 'Ford Motor Company.' correct answers 25 The Ford company's first new car was the ________, a nice 8 horsepower car that cost $850. correct answers Model-A But at only $________, the Oldsmobile company was building the basic, no-frills car that Henry Ford really had in mind... and was cutting into Ford's sales. correct answers 650