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Automobiles C hange Daily Life

Automobiles C hange Daily Life. Suburban communities are created Retail outlets, food markets, and other shopping centers are available Transportation by car is used to go to work and school. New Landscape.

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Automobiles C hange Daily Life

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  1. Automobiles Change Daily Life • Suburban communities are created • Retail outlets, food markets, and other shopping centers are available • Transportation by car is used to go to work and school

  2. New Landscape • The Federal Highway Act of 1956 spends $25 billion to create a National System of Interstate and Defense Highways • 41,000 miles of highway roads across all of America

  3. Highways create business • Motels emerge in large numbers • Howard Johnson’s provide room and food for traveling families • Fast-food chains begin to expand throughout America • White Castle and McDonald’s and other roadside eateries branch out in thousands

  4. EFFECTS ON CULTURE • Moving into the suburbs was more desirable • More kids were born in trucks • Effects on transportation • Cars represented freedom and status • Landscape (turnpikes and stuff) • Consumption

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