Automobile and American culture.
Automobile and American culture.
The automobile is one of the most important inventions that changed the United States. Paving the way for a future dependency on the automobile. For example, Henry Ford Model-T is what truly brought the Automobile to the growing nation of America during the 1920s. The Automobile changed the daily lives of Americans, in both rural, suburban, and urban areas. The automobile provided a new means of transportation for people living in these areas to use and get around in. This mode of transportation replaced the older systems of transportation, which included using animals and trolleys. The construction of the new roadways created 500,000 miles of new road that connected people and places, and also increased the employment rate. Along with the invention of the car and the building of new roadways, the emergence of gas stations, drive-through restaurants, banks, movies, and convenience stores, and tourists cabins began to form. The changes made by the automobile brought about both positive and negative effects to the American way of life. Today more than half of the country's population has a car. As much as automobiles have improved the lives of Americans in terms of transportation, it also had negative effects that made the government begin limiting the resources going into lower income communities and focus more on the higher income communities. The changes issued by the government made the cost of living hard for the poor.
Automobiles improved the economy of America by creating more jobs. A more obvious impact from the automobile is the large amount of jobs that it created. Jobs in several fields opened up because of the automobile these includes; Jobs in factories, industry, convenience stores, motels, gas stations, state police, mechanics and highway opened up all due to the automobile. This was a huge positive impact on the economy because it greatly decreased the unemployment rate in America.
The growth of the automobile
The automobile is one of the most important inventions that changed the United States. Paving the way for a future dependency on the automobile. For example, Henry Ford Model-T is what truly brought the Automobile to the growing nation of America during the 1920s. The Automobile changed the daily lives of Americans, in both rural, suburban, and urban areas. The automobile provided a new means of transportation for people living in these areas to use and get around in. This mode of transportation replaced the older systems of transportation, which included using animals and trolleys. The construction of the new roadways created 500,000 miles of new road that connected people and places, and also increased the employment rate. Along with the invention of the car and the building of new roadways, the emergence of gas stations, drive-through restaurants, banks, movies, and convenience stores, and tourists cabins began to form. The changes made by the automobile brought about both positive and negative effects to the American way of life. Today more than half of the country's population has a car. As much as automobiles have improved the lives of Americans in terms of transportation, it also had negative effects that made the government begin limiting the resources going into lower income communities and focus more on the higher income communities. The changes issued by the government made the cost of living hard for the poor.
Automobiles improved the economy of America by creating more jobs. A more obvious impact from the automobile is the large amount of jobs that it created. Jobs in several fields opened up because of the automobile these includes; Jobs in factories, industry, convenience stores, motels, gas stations, state police, mechanics and highway opened up all due to the automobile. This was a huge positive impact on the economy because it greatly decreased the unemployment rate in America.
The growth of the automobile