Chapter 12, Section 3 – automobile – impact on rural families, vacationing, independence, urban sprawl, dating; airplanes, standard of livingToday I focused on the 12-3 section of our project.The new president of the time was Calvin Coolidge. favored government policies that would keep taxes down and business profits up, and give businesses more available credit in order to expand. Their goal was to keep government interference in business to a minimum and to allow private enterprise to flourish. Coolidge’s administration continued to place high tariffs on foreign imports which helped American manufacturers. Reducing income taxes meant that peoplehad more money in their pockets. Wages were rising because of new technology and so was productivity.The automobile was changed completely to fit the american land. There were changs in landscape and architectual changes also. They started to make garages, carports, and driveways. The automobile also launched the rapid construction of gasoline stations, repair shops, public garages, motels, tourist camps, and shopping centers. The first automatic traffic signals began blinking in Detroit in the early 1920s. The Holland Tunnel, the first underwater tunnel designed specifically for motor vehicles, opened in 1927 to connect New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey. The Woodbridge Cloverleaf, the first cloverleaf intersection, was built in New Jersey in 1929. The automobile allowed families that were previously isolated to be able to break out, travel, socialize, and enjoy America. It allowed women and young people to become more independent. There was an urban sprawl because people were allowed to live miles away from their work.
Comments