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AP U.S. History Diagnostic 18. What shift in the United States economy is represented by the image?

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00:00

[ musical flourish ]

00:03

And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by radio waves,

00:06

a friendly hello to faraway friends.

00:09

[ sings note ] Yeah, like that. All right.

00:12

What shift in the United States economy is represented by the image?

00:15

And we promise to not sing anymore in this video.

00:18

And here are your potential answers.

00:20

[ mumbles ]

00:24

All right. At first the Industrial Revolution affected the production

00:28

of practical goods like clothing and machinery.

00:31

But technological advancements tend to have a ripple effect.

00:34

So let's see which answer best describes

00:36

the economic echo revealed in this ad for radios.

00:40

Was the shift in the United States economy

00:42

represented by the image A -

00:45

a larger focus on the service industry? Hmm.

00:48

Well, the caption for the image says it's from the 1920s,

00:52

and a growing service industry as well as

00:54

increased competition between businesses didn't really take

00:57

form until after World War II.

00:59

That's like mid/late 40s.

01:01

So that knocks out A and B.

01:03

Does this ad for radios reveal

01:05

D - the need for businesses to be open longer hours?

01:10

Well, they must have beamed this one in from outer space,

01:12

because it's far, far away from the right answer.

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Which means that the shift in the U.S. economy

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revealed by the image is C -

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a move toward the production of consumer goods.

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Following increased production of practical items,

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the Industrial Revolution's next leap forward was

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creating consumer goods,

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like sewing machines and radios,

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which were aimed at making life easier for people across the country.

01:36

So C is the right answer.

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However, with all these new items suddenly available for purchase,

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many shoppers found themselves struggling with some newfound side effects:

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decision fatigue, wallet pain, and worst of all,

01:48

consumption.

01:49

[ flat line beep ]

01:53

[ cash register cha-ching ]

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