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This 3 page paper argues that these changes in American society from an agrarian economy to a 20th century superpower came about, at least in part, because of the introduction of steam, internal combustion and diesel engines into the country. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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in its history and was starting to adapt to industrialization. And by 1950 it was the most powerful nation on earth. This paper argues that these changes came about, at
least in part, because of the introduction of steam, internal combustion and diesel engines into the country. Discussion Of the three, the one that had the biggest inpact on the
nation was the internal combustion engine. It was the motive power for the new automobile, and the auto changed everything. Entirely new industries arose to service the car; other industries
that had once been marginal were suddenly important; for instance, gasoline had once been thrown away as useless, now "the production of gaolsine blossomed into a matter of such importance
that the government took actions to secure a steady flow of oil into America" (The automobiles effect on America, 2004). In addition, the introduction of the internal combusion engine and
the cars it powered led directly to the "invention of the assembly line and other methods of mass production" (The automobiles effect on America, 2004). The autmobile not only created
new industries, it created new infrastructure, in particular, over one million miles of new roads, and that would be important in the new century (The automobiles effect on America, 2004).
The new mode of transportation and the new roads it needed meant that people no longer had to live close to work, and suburbs developed (The automobiles effect on America,
2004). The diesel engine is named for its inventor, Rudolph Diesel, who "filed for a patent at the Imperial Patent Office in Germany" on February 27, 1892 (A history
of the diesel engine, 2003). The principle of the diesel is simple: air is compressed "to such a degree that there is an extreme rise in temperature. When fuel is
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