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The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion questions. Topics discussed in this unit include the following: Becoming Modern: America in the 1920s: Automobile. In the 1920s, as never before, the automobile became a must-have item for the successful American, and it was changing everything. Presented here are commentaries on the automobile, writings by Will Rogers on traffic safety, a silent film, and newsreels.
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