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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 ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by radio waves,
- 00:06
a friendly hello to faraway friends.
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[ sings note ] Yeah, like that. All right.
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What shift in the United States economy is represented by the image?
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- 00:15
And we promise to not sing anymore in this video.
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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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
- 01:17
revealed by the image is C -
- 01:20
a move toward the production of consumer goods.
- 01:23
Following increased production of practical items,
- 01:26
the Industrial Revolution's next leap forward was
- 01:29
creating consumer goods,
- 01:31
like sewing machines and radios,
- 01:33
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,
- 01:41
many shoppers found themselves struggling with some newfound side effects:
- 01:45
decision fatigue, wallet pain, and worst of all,
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consumption.
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[ flat line beep ]
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[ cash register cha-ching ]
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