To begin automobiles had such a huge impact on American life, this made everything so much easier and more able to be done. While …show more content…
Everyone enjoyed the change of this so much that only a couple years into the 1920’s Ford has sold over a million cars. Henry Ford did two important things, first he made the price of his car to be as affordable to everyone and second, he paid his workers good wages, enough to be able to purchase the cars they were manufacturing. This helped push wages and auto sales upward. The convenience of the automobile freed people from the need to live near rail lines or stations now they could choose locations almost anywhere in as long as a road was near. Many states in the US established motor fuel taxes that were used only to build and maintain highways helping the auto highway system become self-supporting. A man had said that Henry Ford freed common people from the limitations of their geography. The automobile created mobility on a scale never known …show more content…
The automobile has consistently moved with the state of the economy, growing during the boom period after World War I and dropping abruptly during the Great Depression, when unemployment was high. World War II saw a large increase in mass transit because employment was high and automobiles were scarce. The rapid growth of car owners after World War II, particularly in the United States and Western Europe demonstrated the population's favor towards automobiles. During the war, automobile motors, fuel, and tires were in short supply. As automobile sales increased, the demand for fuel led to a more systematic way of delivery, and in 1914 Standard Oil of California opened a chain of 34 standardized stations along the west coast. Gasoline pumps were being installed not only at the new service stations, but in front of hardware stores, feed companies, livery stables, and a variety of other