History A-Level
Development and influence of a car-owning culture
What Development and influence of a car-owning culture means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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It developed through the Interstate Highway System, motels and suburbanisation, and its influence included infrastructure such as the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act and the growth of suburbs.
Topics that use Development and influence of a car-owning culture
- The changing quality of life, 1917–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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