Automobile
Henry Ford's Model T would be the first automobile created in which would be accessible by the American public. In order to speed up the productivity of the automobile, Henry Ford used the Assembly line, and would pay his employees $5 a day. Henry allowed options to the public, but at the same time he limited them because the only color accessible would be black, but the model of the car could be the choice of the person in the public.
Because of the creation of the Automobile, it allowed the American people to have the freedom to travel to wherever they were to desire to go, thus creating more jobs. The creation of Automobiles created more jobs since there were needs of roads; Also, this contributed to the creation of diners and motels for those that liked to travel far and needed a place to make a stop at to sleep for the night and eat as well.
Silent Movies
Another creation that was really cool, was the creation of silent movies. Most of the US production occurred near Hollywood, and by the mid of the 1920's, the silent movies were a big business. When the silent movies were first created, there were already genres in which separated the types of movies. By the end of the 1920's there were also major film studios, and there were 5 in particular that made it big, and are still film studios that we hear off today. The 5 particular film studios that made it big were known as the big five, which were Warner Bros Pictures, Paramount Pictures, RKA (which was formed by RCA), Metro Goldwyn Pictures, and the Fox Film Corporation/ Foundation.
http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html
http://www.ushistory.org/us/46a.asp
It's really interesting to hear about some of the technological changes and changes in celebrity culture and entertainment that occurred with the prosperity that occurred in the roaring 20's. I never thought about how the automobile led to so much more production and opportunities not only in transportation, but business and expansion.
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