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Student Research Guide WQ25/ Impact of Automobiles on U.S. Economy and Culture

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Top 10 Resources

SOURCES

1. INTERNET WEBSITE: Academic, Britannica. “Automotive Industry.” Academic, 25 Jan. 2024, academic-eb-com.skagit.idm.oclc.org/levels/collegiate/article/automotive-industry/108316.

2. INTERNET WEBSITE: “Automobile History.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/topics/inventions/automobiles. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

3. INTERNET WEBSITE: “The Automobile: Social Game Changer.” Home, 2020, www.ncpedia.org/automobile-social-game-changer-student#:~:text=The%20automobile%20gave%20people%20more,%2C%20rubber%2C%20and%20then%20plastics.

4. INTERNET WEBSITE: “A Brief History of Oil in America, Part 2.” PetroChoice, 5 July 2018, www.petrochoice.com/3288-2/.

5. INTERNET WEBSITE: “Driving the U.S. Economy.” Driving US Economy and Innovation | Alliance For Automotive Innovation, www.autosinnovate.org/initiatives/the-industry#:~:text=9.7%20Million%20Jobs,in%20industries%20across%20the%20economy. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.

6. INTERNET WEBSITE: Lacy, Robert. “Wheels of Change: The Automotive Industry’s Sweeping Effects on the Fifth District.” Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2003, www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2003/winter/economic_history.

7. INTERNET WEBSITE: Samaddar, Monali, and Daniel Bachman. “No Longer a Smooth Drive: How Automobiles’ Role in the US Economy Has Evolved.” Deloitte Insights, Deloitte, 8 June 2023, www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/economy/spotlight/automobile-impact-us-economy.html.

8. INTERNET WEBSITE: Squires, Richard. “The Interstate Sprawl System.” Research, 9 Apr. 2008, research-ebsco-com.skagit.idm.oclc.org/c/ce4i2i/viewer/pdf/hgygrp3fhz?modal=cite.

9. INTERNET WEBSITE: “The Ties That Bind: The Auto Industry and the U.S. Economy.” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 12 Aug. 2021, www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2019/april/ties-bind-auto-industry-economy.

10. STATISTICAL SOURCE: United States: Motor Vehicles in Use 1900-1988 | Statista, www.statista.com/statistics/1246890/vehicles-use-united-states-historical/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.

 

Top 5-10 Recommended Keywords/Search Terms on the Topic

 

  1. "Automobile" AND "U.S. History"
  2. "Economy" AND "Automobile"
  3. "Culture"
  4. "Economic Impacts"
  5.  "Development" AND "Automobile"

 

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