Read Section 3 (p. 441-445) and answer the following questions:
How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
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How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
the rise in technology was very important not only to entertainment, but to lifestyle and polotics... With entertainment, of course the booming movie industry has many americans going out night after night, to see these amazing specteclas.
With the movies came documetaries and shorts giving information to the community. this provided a much more educated general public. the live radio, helped emensly with spreading the word of poloticians, and changed the image of polotics as we know it today. technology has advanced much in the last century, but it all started with the booming 20's
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
it was all on disosable income, the movies, the new technology, america invested its time and money into non firm investments... also with the large surplus in money, many americans started putting their new money into banks and in the stock market, also not a frim place, seeing how banks and stock markets were very frail at the time.
-MAX GILLES
How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
The changes in technology made it more efficient to do everyday things. The automobile made travel faster, electricity left women with a lot more free time. This resulted in institutions such as baseball, mini golf, dancing, and movies.
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
The prosperity of the 1920's resulted in an increase in ads to lure customers and make them think their product was a necessity. As a way to enable lower income families to buy their product, the installment plan was created. As families continued to buy more and more things, but not earn more money, they went into extreme debt.
-Emily
Mostly due to the gasoline, the economy in the 1920's grew quickly. Advance transportation, railroads and cars, the landscapes and housing styles began to change. To suit the new car, a garage or driveway may have been built. Extra curricular activities, such as shopping, and jobs that were located further away were more accessible. Also, airplanes helped the development of weather forecasts and transportation of people.
Another major factor of the economic growth was electricity. This helped housework go much more quickly and Leisure time began to increase.
Advertisement increase people's interests, and certain luxuries became necessities. In order to afford these "necessities" some bought things on credit. The installment plan allowed people to put a little money down, and pay the rest later. It seemed the sudden prosperity left many became blind to the future, and only focusing on the present. Eventually the installments will become too much, people won't pay them back, and the economy will fall.
How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
The automobile freed the secluded rural family to travel the city for shopping and entertainment. It gave them the chance to go on vacation to new and unfamiliar places. It also helped people to become more independent and permitted workers to have jobs miles away. The invention of the electrical appliances made lives of housewives easier and led to more women working outside of their homes.
Changes in technology in the 1920s led to a conventional lifestyle for Americans.
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
Instead of paying up front, people could buy goods on credit. Banks would provide the money at low interest rates, and then people would pay later. It was a careless and superficial prosperity according to some economists and business owners.
-Jennifer Shamel
Technological changes changed American life a lot. The Automobile changed the landscape of the land by adding paved roads, gasoline stations and other mechanical things. Technology also resulted in an urban sprawl. Technology was a status symbol as well, if u had a car, you were seen as higher up. The airplane began to change the world of transportation. Electrical conveniences made life easier overall and made things more efficient and happened quicker.
As businesses grew the income difference between workers and business owners did too. The average man’s standard of living was going down. All of the business also hurt the farmers and miners. The installment plan got out of hand in some cases. People would spend more than they should have and they would be in trouble with debt.
-Colleen Kokx
Mostly due to the gasoline, the economy in the 1920's grew quickly. Advance transportation, railroads and cars, the landscapes and housing styles began to change. To suit the new car, a garage or driveway may have been built. Extra curricular activities, such as shopping, and jobs that were located further away were more accessible. Also, airplanes helped the development of weather forecasts and transportation of people.
Another major factor of the economic growth was electricity. This helped housework go much more quickly and Leisure time began to increase.
Advertisement increased people's interests, and certain luxuries became necessities. In order to afford these "necessities" some bought things on credit. The installment plan allowed people to put a little money down, and pay the rest later. It seemed the sudden prosperity left many became blind to the future, and only focusing on the present. Eventually the installments will become too much, people won't pay them back, and the economy will fall.
The 1920's saw some of the most amazing social changes due to advances in technology in American history: the assembly line to produce goods cheaper and faster, the development of the radio and movies for amusement, and probably the most enduring and dramatic was the the massed produced automobile. All these things changed public perceptions on what was possible and this change fueled a desire to expand for more prosperity.
The desire was so strong and the expansion occured so fast that not many people were able to grasp the larger picture of the new developments of society. The wage gap between management and workers grew rapidly due to buisness practices like the establishment of chain stores. Many buisnesses were coming to a standstill since their products suddenly became outside the sphere of what was thought to be important. The need for the convieniences of electronic appliances, automobiles and the like established reckless use of credit by consumers without the income to repay everything the bought, creating a situation of superficial prosperity where many Americans had acess to much wealth but in reality owned none of it.
-Zach Bennett
How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
The introduction of the automobile introduced paved roads and also required gas stations, repair shops, public garages to be built. Also having cars allowed people to live farther away from their jobs which resulted in urban sprawl. Also transformers were invented so people were getting electricity in the suburbs and not just in the central cities so people were using more electronic devices which cost them more money. Also ads were revised to make it seem like you needed something that you really didn’t and so people were spending more money.
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
People started buying on credit and so people wouldn’t have to pay all of the money at first but then people still wouldn’t have the money when it was time to pay so they would have to either get rid of what they bought or sell something else that they had so the economy started going bad.
~Allegra
How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
The automobile became affordable to most people, and it allowed farmers to travel to cities and city people to take vacations far away. Paved roads were being constructed, as well as driveways to fit the new lifestyle of having an automobile. Gasoline stations and the urban sprawl created more jobs for all kinds of people, including women and younger people. The invention of AC electricity allowed it to be used by most houses in the city areas, and most people had many electronics, standardizing the way people lived even more.
Big business prospered thanks in part to advertising and the presidency favoring them, this caused a money gap between the average worker and the managers.
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
Most Americans believed the wealth would go on forever because people were producing much more and the stock market was at a good peak. Many of the businesses expanded to provide more people their products not realizing it was a limited market. Coal, railroads, and iron industries weren’t doing too well.
In addition, people got lost in credit on “the installment plan”, where they would pay a small amount of money down and pay the rest over time. Some businessmen realized this was a bad plan, but most Americans were living in the now and didn’t realize it.
~Wayne Pitts
There were a lot of changes that happened during the 1920’s, like the automobile. Cars had changed American life a lot, they helped people find better jobs because they were able to drive miles away from their home to get there. But it also was a downfall, because it cost them a lot of money for a car they might not be able to eat as much or get new clothes. Another was gasoline powered objects especially things that were in factories, they would use that to start and run machines to make production go by faster. It helped women become more independent and not just be expected to work around the house. They could go to stores to buy clothes and foods, there were washing machines
and vacuums that made every day life so much easier.
During the 1920’s the firm foundations were not stable enough to support a whole nation. It seemed like they were almost ruining people’s lives in a way, yet helping at the same time. One of the major problems that occurred was that, the installment plan happened. People wouldn’t think about what would happen if they decide to buy something then pay for it later. If you don’t have the money how do you know you’ll have it later? People back then just didn’t take the time to think things through, since there was a lot of new stuff, and they wanted it. erin
How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
The automobile and the airplane increased the amount of travel of the average American. The car also allowed people to work miles away from home. This caused urban sprawl. With the increaseed use of automobiles came electricity and new household appliances such as the refridgerator, the cooking, range, and iron. With the introduction of all these things a new culture was beginning to develop. Anyone could live like a higher class citizen without actually having to pay that much. This happens because of the increase of installment plans. This allows for people with less money to buy things and pay it off in smaller increments.
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
A lot of it, like Max says, is all focused on disposable income, entertainment, and things that people didn't necessarily need. The stock market, banks and loans were what people depended on for more money, which weren't that stable at all. Not to mention people weren't thinkning about the outcome of their actions, just what was happening at the present.
How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?
The changes in technology changed the lifestyles of many Americans. With gasoline came airplanes and automobiles, which brought the construction of more buildings for various things. This also made travel more efficient (automobile) and also allowed mail to get places faster (airplane). With electricity factory machines could produce more products faster, and also made the daily chores at home to be done faster and more easily. People would now travel more and go out more for entertainment purposes and to shop, which would also help the economy. There was also the increase in advertisement which helped not only the increase in product sales but could also be used by government officials to advertise stuff about themselves or proposals that are to be voted for.
What evidence suggests that the prosperity of the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?
When the businesses grew the average man’s standard of living went down. The increase in businesses also hurt farmers and miners who lived off the sales of what they produced. Instead of paying for goods right there, people could buy it on credit. Banks would provide money a low interest rates and people could pay them back later. Due to the fact that people bought on credit, they were now in debt, which would effect them later on.
~Rebecca
comments:
1) I think everyone did a pretty good job summarizing how the changes in technology influenced American life
2) I think Max could have added more details to his summary
3)The second one that doesn't say who wrote it, shouldn't have said "it's a lot like what Max said"
4) Both of Emily's paragraphs are veryshort and lack a lot ofdetail, they do a good job of a quick overall summary though
1] i think jackies is nicely put, it gives you a lot of the information.
2] i thought that allegra could've been more specific in her 2nd paragraph.
3] jennifer could've added some of the results for her 2nd paragraph.
4] i like emilys because they are more right to the point, and there's less to read and yet you still get the same amount of information.
erin
1] Emily's and Wayne's do a very good job at getting to the point
2] Jennifer does well at explaining the Installment Plan, but doesn't say that's what its called. Not just Jennifer's but others as well, it would have been good to name it.
3] I like Zach's explanation of superficial prosperity. He did say what changed public perceptions, but to be more clear and to the point, he could have said gasoline and electricity, although its not necessarily needed.
4]Erin's connection between automobile and more jobs is very good. I agree with Erin that it seemed like they were ruining their lives helping as they were "helping".
---Jackie B
1.i think that that automobiles should have been mentioned.
2.I think most of the 2nd question responses dont have enough detail.
-Colleen
1) I think that Emily could have added more detail to her first paragraph
2)I like how Jenifer goes into detail about buying on credit
3)I like how Colleen taled about the classes changing and affecting people
4)I think Wayne did a good job of summarizing things
~Allegra
I think that Emily could've put more in her first paragraph
I like how Jenifer goes into detail about buying on credit
All of these are really informative
-Brandon
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