ROARING 20’S:

LIFE IN AMERICA

CHANGES

USII.6a-b

THE CENTU RY: AM ERICA’S TIM E

Seeds of Change (1 of 3): Start 8:00 – End 14:05

• Wright Bros., Model T & Assembly Line

Seeds of Change (2 of 3): Start 11:05 – End 14:59

• Urbanization & Electrification

Seeds of Change (3 of 3): Start 2:30 – End 4:33

• Cinema

THE CENTU RY: AM ERICA’S TIM E

Shell Shock (1 of 3): Start 8:30 – End 11:15

• Production, Industry, & Model T

Boom to Bust (1 of 3): Start 14:10 to the end

• Electrification & Mechanization

Boom to Bust (2 of 3): From the Start – End 8:00

• Electrification, Advertising, Radio, & 19th Amendment

AM ERICA: THE STORY OF U S

“Boom”

• Start – 10:45 – Oil/Rockefeller

• 10:45 - 16:35 – Henry Ford/Car Industry

• 16:35 – 25:00 – Highways, Hollywood, LA Aquaduct

• Stop @ 25:00

SO, WHAT CHANGED

THE STANDARD OF

LIVING IN

AMERICA?

A . H OW D I D A F F O R DA B L E AU T O M O B I L E S

I M P ROV E T R A N S P O R T AT I O N ?

1. Greater Mobility

2. Creation of Jobs

3. Growth of Transportation Related Industries

• Road Construction, Oil, Steel, Automobile

4. Movement to Suburban Areas

• National Museum of American History: Suburbs in

DChttp://amhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_4_7.h

tml

Results of improved transportation

brought about by affordable automobiles:

CITIES TO SUBURBS?

The Wright Brothers:

Orville & Wilbur Wright

B. INVENTION OF THE AIRPLANE

1. Henry Ford, Automobile

2. Rise of Mechanization

• Use of Machines instead of

Human Labor

• http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encycl

opedia/entries/a/ag005.html

U S E OF THE

AS S EM BLY L I NE

Assembly Line at Ford Motor Co.

C. How were factories able to produce more goods in less

time and sell them for a lower price?

1. Increased availability of

telephones

2. Development of the

radio and broadcast

industry

3. Development of the

movies

D. COMMUNICATION CHANGES

1. Labor saving products

• Washing Machines

• Electric Stoves

• Water Pumps

2. Electric Lighting

3. Entertainment

• Radio

• Cinema

4. Improved Communication

E. WAYS ELECTRIFICATION

CHANGED AMERICAN LIFE

1st Hydroelectric Power Plant

WASHING CLOTHES

Before Electricity After Electricity

http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/376/the-rural-electrification-of-northeast-mississippi

COOKING ON A STOVE

Before Electricity After Electricity

http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/376/the-rural-electrification-of-northeast-mississippi

ELECTRIC LIGHTING

HD Stock Footage: Rural

America Farm Family Gets

Electricity 1930’s

ELECTRIC LIGHTING

Digital Resources: Photos

http://www.rexophone.com/?p=1175

J.P. Morgan’s library in NYC.

This was one of the first private

homes to have electric lighting

and it was personally installed by

Thomas Edison himself!”

RADIO

History Channel:

The Invention of the Radio

(2min)

IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS

History Channel:

The Birth of

Telecommunications