Read the excerpt from Chapter 1 of Wheels of Change. Sometime between May and November, 1876, Colonel
Albert Augustus Pope took a trip that changed American
life forever. It didn't happen overnight. But this one
sojourn, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Pope's
home near Boston, Massachusetts, was the first step in
a chain of events that ultimately led to the rise of the
bicycle, the fall of the horse, the paving of America's
roadways, the dawn of modern advertising, and the
development of the automobile. Equally important, it
helped American women gain increased independence,
better health, freedom from restrictive clothing, and
eventually, the right to vote. This paragraph primarily describes the
-short-term effects of Colonel Pope's manufacturing of
bicycles.
-long-term effects of improved clothing for women in
America.
-long-term effects of Colonel Pope's visit to
Philadelphia
-short-term effects of the rise of automobiles and the
fall of horses.