Social and Economical Changes of the early 20th

centuryDescribe the effects of inventions

and electrification on life in America during 1920s and 1930s?

Ways electrification changed American life

Labor-saving products (e.g., washing machines,

electric stoves, water pumps)

Electric lighting

Communication changes

Increased availability of telephones.

Development of the radio (role of Guglielmo Marconi)

Development of the movies

Broadcast industry

Materialism and Consumerism

• Increase in standard of living–More products for better living.

• Wider availability of consumer goods.– Electricity– Forms of media

• National Brands– Installment buying.– Advertisements

Results of improved transportation brought by affordable automobiles

• Greater mobility. • Creation of jobs.• Growth of transportation-

related industries (road construction, oil, steel, automobile).

• Movement to suburban areas.

• Invention of the airplaneWright brothers

• Use of the assembly line Henry Ford

Key Individuals

•President of United States during the roaring 20s,(1923-1929) Calvin Coolidge

Rise of Mechanization-new technology

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