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Major Events That Shaped America

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Joey Pandy
U.S History
1/11/15
Period 6 Major events that shaped America Over the course of The United States of America, many events have shaped the country both for bad and good. Another such event is the Roaring Twenties. The final event that shaped America was The Great Depression. These are only a few of the many events that can be attributed to be an event that shaped The United States. One event that greatly changed America was WWI. The best part about it was the industry boom. The manufactures gain so much business that they had to create new technologies to manufacture all their demand for the war which ended up creating many more jobs, even for women and African Americans. This is where the good parts of the War end. By the end of the war, 117,465 Americans lost their lives fighting and to disease. World War I marked the end of an empire and the beginnings of sorrow and Depression. For America, it marked the beginning of a new Era. …show more content…

This era was The Birth of Mass Culture. People had what they thought was an abundance of money because of the Installment Plan; a plan that allowed people to pay for an item over time. This led to people buying so many items and having to pay so little money at a time that they thought they were financially secure. People used this “credit” to buy automobiles (the Ford Model T cost just $260 in 1924) that were considered an affordable luxury with the prices. Pundits during this time even called the new cars “Bedrooms on Wheels” because it allowed people to go practically wherever they wanted. What nobody expected was for this to all come to an abrupt

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