Effects of the Automobile
The ________________ had a large effect on the state of Indiana.
Automobile
_______________ used the novel Gas Buggy to invent a gas-powered vehicle named the Pioneer.
Elwood Haynes
What race was created out of the production of the automobile?
The Indy 500
What slowed down the auto business that greatly affected small businesses?
The Great Depression
The car culture merged with the _____________ _____________.
Roaring 20s.
Hoosiers used ________________ for transportation before motorized vehicles.
Horse Carriages
What Indiana town is known to be put at the forefront of early automobile production?
Kokomo
Who was the first ever Indy 500?
Ray Harroun
Why did some Hoosiers hate cars?
Loud noises and the fumes that were produced
Young people were the first to __________ change and new ways, including cars.
Embrace.
Automobiles changed how people commuted to their everyday _________.
Jobs
Elwood Hayne was born in __________, Indiana.
Portland
Identity
More cars meant better roads, but Hoosiers opposed the _______ to pay for them.
Taxes
Cars brought a __________ aspect to the population.
Social
What three states were the first to create the auto business to better the lives of others?
Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan
What did Elwood Hayne help find in Portland?
Gas fields and created the Portland Natural Gas and Oil Company.
What was the name of the first vehicle to win the Indy 500?
The Marmon Wasp
True or False: Older Hoosiers believed that cars brought a rebellious side to the younger generation.
True
People who enjoyed cars felt a sense of __________.
Freedom
What are the three big auto business that still exist today?
Ford, Chrysler, General Motors
When did Elwood Haynes test drive the first vehicle?
July 4, 1894
What was Elwood Haynes' car company name?
Haynes-Apperson Company
According to Booth Tarkington's 1918 novel The Magnificent Ambersons, he proclaimed automobiles were a "__________ __________."
Useless nuisance
Who struggled and dealt with backlash with the automobile?
African Americans.