Age of Automobile
Ford paid his workers so that they would do 2 things. What is one?
Increase productivity and buy new ford cars.
List an advantage of prohibition
a decrease in alcohol related diseases or family savings increased
What is one thing that helped with the production of a teenager?
Multiple answers
Who did flappers NOT want to please?
Fathers and husbands/men
What is the other thing that Ford wanted the workers to do?
Buy a car or increase productivity
list a disadvantage of prohibition
Americans would illegally drink alcohol
What are the two other things that helped lead to the creation of the teenager?
parents waited longer to marry their kids off, teens could be more independent, dating privately, less child labor, affected kids going to school
Push factor of Great Migration
The south and the Jim Crow Laws (violent, extremely racist, etc)
How did the growth of the automobile industry cause an economic revolution?
New jobs, rubber was needed, money for highways
How did mobs negatively effect people who were trying to make an honest living?
Mobs forced businessmen to buy protection
how did the automobile change dating?
teens could date in other towns and have more privacy
Pull factor of Great Migration
What were the social impacts of the automobile industry?
Teens gained freedom and travelling became more common
What were the illegal bars called?
speakeasies
How did the automobile change schooling?
buses could bring kids from more neighborhoods to schools
What was the impact of the Harlem Renaissance?
African American culture began to grow. Music, art, pop culture, etc. Brought more community