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America Hits the Road

America Hits the Road. By Jessie Kemelhar & Julian Resor. Mass Production. What is it? The production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines.

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America Hits the Road

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  1. America Hits the Road By Jessie Kemelhar & Julian Resor

  2. Mass Production What is it? • The production of large amounts of standardized products, including and especially on assembly lines • The assembly line revolutionized the auto industry with new technology and techniques that increased manufacturing efficiently.

  3. First automobile to be mass produced • A car many moderate-income families could afford • $850 in 1909 but later fell to $260 in 1920 • Invented by Henry Ford Model-T

  4. Shifting the U.S. Economy New Industries that Developed: • Steel • Nickel • Gasoline • Glass • Rubber • Building & Road Construction

  5. Vacations • Shopping • Easier Travel • Tourists to Cities American Culture

  6. Paying for Cars • Put deposit down, credit • Pay off balance/interest • Time payment plan

  7. Effects of the Automobile Economic Social • Accelerated the outward expansion of population into the suburbs • People could live on the outskirts of the city and be able to work in the city by commuting • New jobs such as fast food, city/highway construction, state patrol/police, convenience stores, gas stations, auto repair shops, auto shops, etc. allow more employment for the world's growing population • Different traditions than before the automobile was invented • Teenagers gained more independence with driving freedom-escape adult supervision • Dating • Mobile society, more families could afford it

  8. Sources • www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Ford_Model_T • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_production • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.findingdulcinea.com • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm5.staticflickr.com/ • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wcclibraries.files.wordpress.com/ • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.staticflickr.com/ • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://foundsf.org/images/ • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.johndclare.net/images • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://ncpedia.org • http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/systems/agentsheets/New-Vista/automobile/

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