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The Automobile Comes toAmerica

By 1900, Europeans had beenmaking cars for fty years

Americans began to produce

cars in the 190!sThe rst car that "as

produced on a large scale"as the #ldsmobile

$n 1901, #ldsmobile sold %&'cars

$n 190', they sold o(er ',000

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)enry *ord and TheAssembly +ine

$n the early 1900!s, the automobile cost thousandsof dollars, and only the rich could aord it

)enry *ord in(ented the assembly line method ofproducing cars

The assembly line had t"o important eects- 1. $t reduced the price of the car to /00 in 190 &. *actory "orkers "ere paid /' a day, enough to

sa(e and buy their o"n car

The *ordAssemblylant,)ighlandark,2ichigan

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A Car for the 2asses)enry *ord introduced the 2odel T for /00

2illions of these cars sold by 19&0

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+ife Changes in AmericaBefore the automobile, a horse3dra"n carriage

could only tra(el up to 10 miles a day

The automobile allo"ed people to tra(el much

farther, so they could go to nearby to"ns andcities to buy supplies they needed

eople could go to regional hospitals andattend schools in to"n by tra(el in a car or a

bus

eople no longer needed to li(e near railroadlines, so small to"ns gre" larger

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)igh"ays4ith cars came the need for pa(ed roads and high"ays

5tates started to charge a fuel ta6 in order to pay for thene" roads

The 7oad Aid Act "as passed by Congress in 191 tobuild )igh"ays 1, %0, and 8all roads that "oulde(entually cross America

*ederal)igh"ay lanfor orthCarolina in191

:from C2aps;

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e" high"ay patrol

Auto repair shops

?as stations and con(enience stores

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A e" Tra(el Age By the 19&0!s, resident 7oose(elt "as encouraging

Americans to get out and see their country

The automobile allo"ed people to tra(el easier andfarther than "ith horses

@acationing and camping became a rene"ed trend

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Autocampingeople e(en used their cars to camp in

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#f course, the automobiledidn!t 6 e(ery problem

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The in(ention ofthe car changed

life in America.Can you think of

ho" your life "ouldbe dierent if noone in your to"n