ROARING 20’S: LIFE IN AMERICA CHANGES USII.6a-b
Jul 23, 2015
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