War

Ford was very successful but not very well liked. At the beginning of World War I he produced military equipment with the promise to give all profits back to war production which helped his reputation even though he never kept his promise. The River Rouge Plant was near completion, this would later become the world’s largest industrial facility. During the early 1920’s the Ford Company grew greatly, and during this time it was producing 60 percent of the cars outputted in the United States. Because of Ford relying on the Model T, it finally caught up to him when General Motors became the number one. In 1927 because of his losses he stopped production of the Model T. Because of this people were beginning to become unemployed, the model A was produced later on but even this did not help.

Henry Ford and Model T

Source: Speedace