Suburbanization Of Cars In The Twentieth Century

“The twentieth century was the century of the automobile.” This statement could not be more true. After the start of the twentieth century the number of cars on the road dramatically increased. Before 1900 there were only 8,000 registered cars on the road in the United States of America. Production of the Model T began in 1908. Soon the number of registered cars in 1920 increased to 9 million. By the end of the twentieth century the number of cars registered just in the United States was 190 million. The automobile changed the face of the American landscape and helped build the middle class and suburbanization. Middle class Americans were ready to move out of the cities and the automobile made that possible. The automobile truly transformed the twentieth century. To start with, how did the car become so popular in such a short period of time? Henry Ford became a leader in manufacturing when he perfected the assembly line. He was able to produce Model Ts at a fast rate. This increased

The United States was able to fight and win the war because of this increase of production, which the enemy lacked. Arguably the outcome of a entire war was decided because of production techniques that were already in place. Without Ford's perfection of the assembly line and automobile production pre World War II how might the war campaign of turned out differently. Suburbanization is a direct result of the automobile. Suburbanization is "the growth of areas on the fringes of cities. It is one of the many causes of the increase in urban sprawl. Many residents of metropolitan regions work within the central urban area, and choose to live in satellite communities called suburbs and commute to work via automobile or mass transit." Before mass production of the Model T, Americans primarily lived and worked in the cities. With this new technology, the population began to shift from cities to the