Social, Economic, and Technological changes Developments in factory and labor productivity, transportation, communication and rural electrification of rural America
Business Booms U.S. manufacturing doubled Jobs and wages increase People could buy more things Products changed American lifestyle
Automobile Greater mobility Travel further Work Store Vacation More independence Travel where you want, when you want
Automobile also led to jobs Steel For car body Rubber tires Glass Windows Roads Maintenance Roadside Gas stations, Restaurants & Motels Mechanics & Insurance
Airplane The Wright Brothers Economical and Military purposes Travel Industry Spying Air Force
Industrial Innovations Henry Ford and the Assembly Line Allowed for cars to be made cheaply Cut costs of material and labor? How do you think the assembly line allowed this? Rise of mechanization
Moving Assembly Line
Communication Telephone Keep in contact Ordering goods Radio Broadcast news and entertainment Movies Talkies- “The Jazz Singer”
Electrification Labor saving products Washing machine Water pumps Electric Stoves Refrigerators Vacuum Cleaners