Download Content Statement 18 - Madeira City Schools

Topic Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal (1919-1941)
18. An improved standard of living for many, combined with technological innovations
in communication, transportation, and industry, resulted in social and cultural
changes and tensions.
A.
Explain what contributed to an improved standard for living in the United
States.
B.
Identify important technological innovations in communication that were
made between World War I and World War II.
C.
Identify important technological innovations in transportation that were
made between World War I and World War II.
D.
Identify important technological innovations in industry that were made
between World War I and World War II.
E.
Describe how an improved standard of living for many, combined with
technological innovations in communication, transportation, and industry resulted
in social and cultural changes and tensions between World War I and World War
II.
Elaboration
Following World War I, the United States experienced a period of successful advances in
industry and an economic boom that improved the standards of living for many Americans.
Technological innovations in communication included commercial radio broadcasts, talking
motion pictures, and wider circulation of newspapers and magazines. These innovations
influenced the development of a popular culture and mass advertising.
Advances in transportation during this era include the Model A Ford and the airplane. In
industry, mass production techniques continued to make factory production more efficient.
These developments also contributed to an improved standard of living.
These innovations brought change. But some changes challenged conventional social mores and
created tensions. For example, increased automobile ownership contributed to the growth of
suburbs, the creation of new businesses (e.g., motels, gas stations), and the expansion of others
(e.g., rubber, plate glass, petroleum, steel). New surfaced roads were constructed to
accommodate increased traffic. But use of the automobile also challenged traditional family
values and tried the patience of travelers. Young people used cars to exercise freedom from
parental rules. Increased numbers of commuters had to face the problems of traffic congestion.
On the End of Course Exam, you might have to:
 Answer multiple-choice questions that include erroneous conclusions, inaccurate
associations, inaccurate examples, inaccurate relationships, misinformation, erroneous
causal relationships and unrelated information.
 Identify ways that technological advancements in the United States changed society
during the 1920s and 1930s.
 Complete a cause-and-effect diagram, demonstrating how technological innovations
resulted in social and cultural changes in the United States from 1919 to 1941.
 Answer a question where the exam gives you a historical research problem, a thesis, a
set of constraints, and a set of goals and you have to:
o analyze the provided sources and identify credible supporting documents.
 Compare positive and negative effects of increased automobile ownership.
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