My assigned blog this week is the automobiles in the 1920's. One of the largest automobile indutries in the 1920's was Ford Motor Company, headed by Henry Ford. To keep up with demand, the Ford Motor Company had to make new and better models every year. The Company made a lot of cars and a lot of money in the 1920's. The car enabled people to move much faster and travel a lot further. Most of the early cars were open convertibles. After a while, though, the cars were enclosed so that you could put in heaters in the cars to make your ride more comfortable. Since it was easier to get places and travel, many people started taking vacations to places that they couldn't get to before.
The roads in the 1920's were not meant for the new cars with all of their weight. They were used to horses with carriages. The government built new roads that were able to support the new cars. They built on to the wooden roads so that they could support the cars. The U.S also started making paved roads in this time. The government started making road signs to help control traffic and also started making traffic lights. A lot of old car companies didn't make it, but there were also a lot that did make it. Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, Lincoln, and Oldsmobile are some of the car companies that were started in the 1920's and are still around today.
I think the automobile is one of the best inventions of the U.S in its history. They made the U.S seem much smaller because we could get to our destination in a lot less time. You could start going to places that you never thought you would be able to go to with a horse and carriage. It would have still taken a long time to get to your destination, but it wasn't near as hard. All you had to do was get in the car and press a gas pedal. With horses, you had to constantly tell the horse wear to go and it was a very rough ride.
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Well done Mitch but no pictures??