Chapter 12 (section 3) my topic is impact of automobilecars changed the landscape of the united statespaved road were nice when driving in all types of weatherRoute 66 was a route from Chicago to California-a lot of people settled along the routenew houses started to appear with garages and driveways-lawns became smallergas stations, repair shops, garages, motels, tourist camps, and shopping center were neededin 1920s in Detroit the automatic traffic signals began1927 the Holland Tunnel was the first underwater tunnek connecting New York City to Jersey City,New JerseyWoodbridge Cloverleaf was the first clover leaf intersection was built in New Jersey in 1929country people could travel to the city for entertainment and shoppingvacation was a new opportunity to far away placesworkers could live far away from their job because if this urban sprawl happened(cities spread in all directions)the automobile became a status symbolIn their work Middletown, the social scientists Robert nd Helen Lynd noted one woman’s comment: “I’ll go ,without food before I’ll see us give up the car.”
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