1. Mass Consumption in the 1920’s and 30’s By Bridget Hebbard and Hannah Ward

2. What is Mass Consumption? A mass consumption society is one in which the majority of the population consumes, or buys, mass quantities of one or many kinds of products. This craze began in the 1920’s, especially with the appearance of the automobile in countless homes across the country.

3. Automobiles: Cause of Mass Consumption The Model-TThe Assembly Line

4. Popular Products Wheaties Cereal Peter Pan Peanut Butter Del Monte Canned Foods Cracker Jack Jell-O Powder Dixie Paper Cups Coca-Cola Kool-Aid Drink Mix Welch’s Grape Juice Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Oscar Meyer Weiner Dogs Paper Towels Planter’s Peanuts

5. Changes In Housework With the advent of mass consumption, the work of the housewife was made much simpler and more efficient.