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Early 20th Century Changes

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greater mobilitywhat the automobile provided to its owners (the ability to go places easily)
created jobsone effect of the growth of the automobile industry
transportation-related industriesroad construction, oil, steel, and the automobile
movement to suburban areasavailability of the automobile allowed people to move here
Wright Brothersinventors of the airplane
Henry Fordinventor of the assembly line
telephonesmore of these increased people's ability to communicate with one another
inventor of the radioGuglielmo Marconi
David Sarnoffbroadcaster
talkiesnickname for motion pictures (movies)
washing machinelabor saving product (new invention, saved time)
electric stovelabor-saving product (saved time)
water pumpslabor-saving invention (water comes into house, no hauling buckets)
electric lightinglit up city streets, factories could work 24hrs. a day,
entertainment improvementselectrification provided people with new activities; night clubs, movies, radio shows
prohibitionimposed by constitutional amendment; made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcohol
speakeasiesplaces where people went to drink alcohol illegally
bootleggerssmuggled illegal alcohol; promoted organized crime
Great Migrationmovement of African Americans from the South to the North for new economic opportunities
discrimination and violenceconditions faced by African Americans even after moving to the North


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