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AUTOMOBILE

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION OR TREND

HELPED THE ECONOMY TO BOOM

SPURRED THE BUILDING OF PAVED ROADS, SERVICE STATIONS, GARAGES

CHANGED ARCHITECTURAL STYLES; GAVE PEOPLE GREATER FREEDOM TO TRAVEL

REDUCED THE ISOLATION OF FARM LIFE

LED TO URBAN SPRAWL

GAVE AMERICANS A NEW STATUS SYMBOL

COMPANY OR PRODUCT

MODEL T FORD

AIRPLANE INDUSTRY

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION OR TREND

ESTABLISHED A NEW MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE AND GOODS

GAVE PEOPLE GREATER FREEDOM TO TRAVEL

COMPANY OR PRODUCT

LOCKHEED COMPANY

ALTERNATING ELECTRICAL CURRENT

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION OR TREND

MADE IT POSSIBLE TO DISTRIBUTE ELECTRIC POWER OVER GREATER AREAS

LED TO ELECTRIFICATION OF HOMES AND WIDESPREAD USE OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

MADE HOUSEWIVES’ WORK EASIER, FREEING THEM FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES

LED TO MORE UNIFORM, CONFORMIST LIFESTYLES

HELPED THE ECONOMY TO BOOM

COMPANY OR PRODUCT

ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR

MODERN ADVERTISING

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION OR TREND

CREATED GREATER DEMAND FOR CONSUMER GOODS

INCREASED SALES AND PROFITS

TURNED LUXARY ITEMS INTO NECESSITIES

HELPED THE ECONOMY TO BOOM

COMPANY OR PRODUCT

LISTERINE

INSTALLMENT PLAN

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION OR TREND

HELPED THE ECONOMY TO BOOM

HELPED TO CREATE A FALSE SENSE OF PROSPERITY

ALLOWED TO PEOPLE TO BUY GOODS OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT UP MUCH MONEY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE

COMPANY OR PRODUCT

AUTOMOBILES

WHY SHOULD AMERICANS IN THE 1920s HAVE SHOWN GREATER CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE? NOTE 3 THINGS THAT WERE, OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN, SEEN AS “CLOUDS IN THE BLUE SKIES OF PROSPERITY”

A GROWING INCOME GAP BETWEEN WORKERS AND MANAGERS

LACK OF TRUE PROSPERITY IN THE IRON AND RAILROAD INDUSTRIES

LOSSES SUFFERED BY FARMERS AND MINING COMPANIES

THE POSSIBILITY THAT INSTALLMENT BUYING WAS GETTING OUT OF HAND AND THAT IT REPRESENTED A SUPERFICIAL PROSPERITY

URBAN SPRAWL

THE SPREADING OUT OF THE CITIES IN ALL DIRECTIONS