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Question 1 minus intro n conslus

Life in the USA by 1919 was very revolutionary; socially, religiously and economically. For example, women were becoming more independent and were being taken more seriously, there was a dramatic rise in the variety of different industries, the different classes were integrating, the amount of immigrants was on a dramatic rise and religious views were being expressed very noticeably.

To begin with, women were becoming independent. They were beginning to earn their own living and no longer living up to the "housewife" standard that this era possessed. Equality was a big issue and women wanted to be taken more seriously and be admired for the qualities they really possess and not at how good a cleaner they were. They no longer relied on their husband's wages to survive, they had independence and they knew it. They were able to buy gifts for themselves ranging from faux fur and hats to pianos and cars - especially as cars were becoming a great demand.

Also, cars were no longer reserved for the rich upper class, but due to Henry Ford, became available for middle class society to purchase.

The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. The infant company produced only a few cars a day at the Ford factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit. Groups of two or three men worked on each car from components made to order by other companies.

Henry Ford realized his dream of producing an automobile that was reasonably priced, reliable, and efficient with the introduction of the Model T in 1908. This vehicle initiated a new era in personal transportation. It was easy to operate, maintain, and handle on rough roads, immediately becoming a huge success.

By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model Ts. To meet the growing demand for the Model T, the company opened a large factory at Highland Park, Michigan, in 1910. Here, Henry Ford combined precision manufacturing, standardized and interchangeable parts, a division of labour, and, in 1913, a continuous moving assembly line. Workers remained in place, adding one component to each automobile as it moved past them on the line. Delivery of parts by conveyor belt to the workers was carefully timed to keep the assembly line moving smoothly and efficiently. The introduction of the moving assembly line revolutionized automobile production by significantly reducing assembly time per vehicle, thus lowering costs. Ford's production of Model Ts made his company the largest automobile manufacturer in the world.

Cars were not the only industry rising dramatically. The amount of telephones produced in the same time increased by 13 million to 20 million and there was an amazing rise in radio sales, starting from 60,000 up to 10 million. Efficiency was becoming a bit part of everyday life.

Advertising boomed in the 1920's, mostly taking a shine to electrical goods for the home such as vacuum cleaners (as electricity was becoming exceedingly popular as a new energy source as old sources of energy was hardly used compared to 10 years previously. The land was covered in deserted mines for example. As the sales of certain industries were increasing, so were economical issues, for example immigrants.
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The amount of immigrants living in Britain rose from 1.2 million in 1918, to 3 million in 1920 and dramatically increased to 8 million within the next year. The numbers then began to steadily decrease reaching 6.5 million in 1924, 2.3 million in 1927, 1 million in 1930 until it reached its lowest amount 450,000 in 1933. The increase and decrease in the amount of immigrants wasn't the only thing that was changing.

Socially, racism was still a very big issue. There would still be situations, for example, of a gang of white people (farmers usually) ...

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