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Changes: autos, radios, and women’s rights

Changes: autos, radios, and women’s rights. Changes in mobility, communication, suffrage, and independence. Changes. The 20’s are a period of social change Industry thrived and Americans earned higher wages This meant they could afford more goods or buy things in monthly payments

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Changes: autos, radios, and women’s rights

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  1. Changes: autos, radios, and women’s rights Changes in mobility, communication, suffrage, and independence

  2. Changes • The 20’s are a period of social change • Industry thrived and Americans earned higher wages • This meant they could afford more goods or buy things in monthly payments • Farmers went from over-producing goods to considering other work in the cities • Americans bought cars, radios, and telephones for the first time in our nations history

  3. The First Widely Used Car • Ford Model T becomes most popular way to travel • 1916 Model T costs $400 (approx. $4650 today) • Originally only for the most wealthy • By the mid 20’s, the price dropped to $250

  4. The First Widely Used Car • The Model T is the first mass produced car • Ford is the first to use an assembly line • You could buy a Model T in any color, “as long as its black” • Owners used Model T for many things, including farm work • Cars gave people more choices of where they could work and live • Government encouraged the building of modern roads, helping the suburbs grow

  5. Radio Changes American Life • By the mid 20’s, most Americans had a telephone, radio, and phonograph in their home • By 1929, 10 million Americans owned a radio • The first permanent commercial radio station began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920 • KDKA • Broadcast presidential election in 1920

  6. 19th Amendment • National Women’s Suffrage Assoc.wanted to amend the constitution to allow women to vote • In 1920, three-fourths of the states finally ratified the amendment after 50 years of struggle • The final states to ratify the amendment were Georgia, Louisiana, and North Carolina in 1970 and 1971, and Mississippi in 1984.

  7. Women Become More Independent • Young women from the 20’s are called Flappers • Something not tied down, flapping in the wind • Not tied to actions, styles, ideas of an old generation • Flappers cut their hair short, wore skirts above the knee, and wore bright red lipstick • Some women began to think about jobs that had previously only been open to men

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