RISE IN THE STANDARD OF LIVING

SITUATION

• Coming out of WW1 U.S. had wealth
• Average wages in America rose
• Henry T Ford: shorter work week
• Encouraged inventors of new products

WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN

• Urban centers
• More opportunity in cities to encounter new products
• Excluded many farmers
• Farmers had less of an impact on good's popularity

WHO BENEFITTED MOST

• Consumers
• Stores/Manufacturers selling the products
• Inventors: renewed purpose

HOW DID LIVING BECOME BETTER?

• New household products
• New methods of sanitation
• New outlook on vanity
• Machines to save excess labor
• Creation of mass media

FROZEN FOOD

PASTEURIZATION

ELECTRIC SHAVER

RADIO

RESULTS

• More technological society
• News traveled quickly with radio
• Sanitation improved mortality rates
• Cars
• Tasks became easier (vacuuming etc.)

SOURCES

• http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/tech.html
• http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4840a1.htm
• http://history.com/topics/roaring-twenties
• http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth_3.htm
• http://admin.bhbl.neric.org/~mmosall/ushistory/topics/presentation.htm