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In the 1950s a gallon of gas cost only 18 cents. This made it more afordable for middle and low clase people.
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In the 1950s a new car generaly cost $1,500........now adays that would have cost arround $15,000.
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The credit card was invented during the 50s. This changed the economy and how people buy and sell things. People could now just walk in to a food store or a car dealership and buy a car useing their credit card and not have to stop at a bank and take out money.
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The most popular car in 1958 was the cadillac convertible. it had 325HP and no seatbelts. Most of the people during this time had one. If you didnt have one most likely someone in your family has had one at some point in their life. However if someone didnt have one some other good choices you might have had would be a 1958 nash metropolitan or a 1958 austin healy.
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The averagle car cost only $2,200
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A gallon of gas changed form 18 cents to 25 cents due to the new demand for cars.
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This is a video of a 1959 Cadillac Convertiblehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OzCOEc5-bg
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After the war full size cars were very popular because of the low oil prices, this then caused a decrease in sales for the oil companies and made them change their prices alot.
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The first auto emmision law was created in california
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the jobs assembly workers had during the 1960s were theat they had to be paint sprayers, welders, and upholsters and some had to assemble the cars.
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If you were an assemly worker during the 1960s the job would be the most boring, simple and most degrading job you could get at the time of the 1960s.
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By 1960 the American auto industry only consisted of General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and Cadillac. In 1960 American companies built 93 percent of the autos sold in the United States and 48 percent of world sales. This boosted our economy and gave americans more jobs than ever before in the auto industry.
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winsconsin required you to where a seat belt and also made it a law.
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In the1970s in the auto industry was increasingly influenced by the higher oil prices. This made the inventers and engineers start inventing better ways to get better MPG, and use less oil and gas.
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After the war beginning a carmakers in the united states was one of the worst things you could have been because of the bad economy.
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In the early 1970s the working class consisted of mostly female workers.
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The automobile company was the largest manufacturing concern in the world.
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air bags come out as new safety option not requirment.
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the united states had to import more oil then it produced. In order to fullfill the need of the new car owners in america.
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A gallon of gas has risen to 86 cents per gallon causeing people to be outraged. Only the weathly and some middle class citizens could afford to buy it. If they couldnt afford it they would find diffrent ways to get arround like useing the bus and rideing bicycles.
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http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1950s.html
http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/
the History of automobile. N.p., 1999. Web. 22 May 2012. http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/systems/agentsheets/New-Vista/automobile/.
