1. New Industries in American Life
What were they?
What was the impact?

2. Automobile Industry
Stimulated steel, rubber, paint, glass, oil industries
Set off a real-estate boom >>>suburbs
Increase in highways
Decrease in railroad use

3. More Automobile Industry
Improved farming
Tractors replace horses
Cars available to more people
Large supply
Stimulate installment buying

4. Electrical Industry Changed homes, businesses, & cities
Transformed life
Washing machines, stoves, vacuums, refrigerators, & irons
More time for leisure activities

5. Radio & Motion Pictures
Helps to erase regional differences
End rural isolation
Popularize jazz & ragtime
Promotes advertising
Bring politics & sports into people’s homes