The Automobile

question 98

Multiple Choice

The automobile:

• A) spurred growth in other industries such as tourism and steel production.
• B) was actually not affordable to the vast majority of Americans until the 1930s.
• C) limited the expansion of most other sectors of the American economy in the 1920s, due to U.S. manufacturers' focus on outpacing the rest of the world in its production.
• D) exacerbated the divide between rural and urban America in the 1920s.
• E) decreased in popularity after its negative depiction in The Great Gatsby.

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Definitions:

Rods

Photoreceptor cells in the retina that are highly sensitive to low levels of light and are important for night vision.

Periphery

The outer limits or edge of an area or object, often referring to areas situated away from a central point.

Sensitivity

The ability to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

Rods

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that are sensitive to low light levels, enabling night vision.