Cars In The 1800s

H) Have you ever been so tired you wanted to fall over and go to sleep? Well this was the case for many Americans traveling in the early 1800s before the invention of cars. (OI) The invention of cars has changed the world drastically.(T) Cars have changed the world by making it possible to drive to your destination, get places faster, and travel without having bad weather interfere with your trip. (R1) Cars have been one of the greatest inventions by making it possible for people to drive and not walk everywhere they go.(E) The author states that “Travel in the early nineteenth century was much slower and more difficult than it is today, it is not easy to remember that it was also a time of significant change and improvement.”(A) Many people wouldn’t travel before cars because they would have to walk everywhere and that was miserable for them, cars have made traveling easier by using driving instead of doing physical labor and walking everywhere.(E) The author agrees, “Most people in the 1800s just wouldn’t travel as it was too hard to go long distances.”(A) Cars have been great in enabling people to move a
America was in the midst of great change. Although most of the population live in rural areas, people were moving to cities in record numbers. Cars meant people were less dependent on horse and foot to get around. They could travel farther faster.”(A) By enabling people to go places faster, it has made a significant difference in making the lives of people better.(E) The author states “ The years between 1790 and 1840 saw a true revolution in transportation even before the coming of the railroad. By 1840 transportation costs had been greatly reduced and travel had become faster by a factor of 5 or more. These changes made it possible America’s first Industrial revolution.” Cars have so many uses to better the