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The Car Evolution

Romario Morales Senior Division Website

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Annotated Bibliography Bottorff, William W. "What Was The First Car? A Quick History of the Automobile for Young People." The First Car. World History, Winter 2009. Web. 06 Jan. 2013.

The birthplace of the whole first car was in Italy. Later French and German people started creating them. Then later in the U.S. they made an engine powered car. Then the car evolution began. Cars then later started to be made in different countries. This article helped me with my research because it tells me where the idea of the first car came from. This will help me to open a good introduction to hold the reader. Also it showed me how other people started to add more parts to the car to make it better. Then it told me how cars actually reached other countries, it was by rumors and buyers. This will help me in the body of the project.

Bush, Chris. "The History of America Is the History of the Auto Industry." Kottke.org. History, 04 Apr. 2003. Web. 06 Jan. 2013

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Back in the day not just anyone could drive a car. Only rich people had cars, but then cars started to lose value because new makes were made. Later almost all people started to get cars. Later in time cars started to get better motor and higher looks making the price go up. Then people started to earn money and were able to get almost any car. This article is helpful to me because it shows me what kinds of people had cars back then. It turns out only people with lots of money had them. Then it shows me how cars started to lose value, it was due to the advancement of motor and style. It is like today, each year
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a car is being sold to the public its price decreases. It told me how everyone ended up with cars too.

Cummings, John. "Automobile History - Invention of the Automobile." Automobile History - Invention of the Automobile. Idea Finder, Spring 2002. Web. 06 Jan. 2013.

The first automobile was created because of humans wanting to transportation due to the lack of energy and strength. Nicolas Joseph Cugnot built the first automobile in 1771. His car ran about 2.3 miles per hour. Later in time in 1873, 1889, 1901, 1908, 1927 many more car creators made adjustments to their creation trying to make their car better than the other until Ford made the first successful car. Later more people started to create cars that would compete against Ford. In this article it helped me out in the reason for the automobile creation. Also it taught me who was the first person to create the first automobile Nicolas Joseph Cugnot. That will help in the first body paragraph because Ill state who the first to create a car was. Also it tells me in what years people added adjustments to the automobile. Finally it tells me who and when the first modern car was established.

"French automobile advertisement." Image. Library of Congress. World History: The Modern Era. ABCCLIO, 2013. Web. 6 Jan. 2013

This is about an advertisement the French had when they started to sell the Model T. Many people came and made a huge deal about it. Many people wanted one but only the
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rich could have bought it. This was one of the most successful times. Ever since people always had a car. This first car advertisement was helpful to me because it showed me how dealers got the word out of the car sell. Also it showed me how many people were interested in buying the car. It turns out that they were crazy about it. Sadly, not everyone had enough money to buy one. This will help me on the project because it will show a picture of the advertisement to show everyone the idea of it back then.

Flink, James J. "Automobiles." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 09 July 2005. Web. 06 Jan. 2013 The origin of the automobile came from France and Germany. Although they were made there, the automobile became really popular in the United States. It made everyones life in the U.S. fantastic. 1893 the American gasoline automobile was created. Later they merged the automobile with German & French car to make it better. 1908 Henry Ford created the Model T. This article is helpful to me because it allows me to inform the reader about the origin of the car so they know where the main source comes from. Later of being created cars became really popular in the United States. In the U.S. they created a gasoline powered car, ever since then most cars today run on gasoline. After the French & the Germans found about the engine made by the Americans they decided to merge the two cars. Then in 1908 Henry Ford created the first modern car.
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Jackson, Paul. "Automotive History." Automotive History. Bentley, 05 July 2007. Web. 06 Jan. 2013.

In the 1890 the self-propelled car was created. It was one of the most famous types of cars back in that time before the engine was created. If you didnt turn a pipe it had in front it wouldnt work. You had to do some work to power your car. It was one of the hardest cars to handle. This article helped me in my project because it tells me how cars advanced causing a car evolution. This car was different from the others because you had to do physical labor to drive it. You had to pull a crank to start your car and it would run for about 2-3 miles. This car was not loved as much, but back then this car was what got you places. This car would run for about 6 mph.

Joe, Henry. "BERA: Issue 2 Automotive Industry: Automotive History." BERA: Issue 2 Automotive Industry: Automotive History. LOC, Fall 2001. Web. 06 Jan. 2013.

This is about the evolution of the automobile since its creation and the present. How back then cars were used for war. After that people started to misuse them by racing. They started to use them in NASCAR making cars popular. Now people around the world enjoy them. This helped me with my project because I learned how car use changed. When cars first came out they were used in war and then later misused creating NASCAR. This helps me
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to know how the evolution of cars was. Then it shows me how people then later just started to use the cars for good. This helps me because it can work for a conclusion.

"Karl Benz' automobile." Image. World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Jan. 2013

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This is about the first design and creation of the first car. It had three wheels and ran a high of 8 miles per hour. It had two big wheels on the side and one little wheel in front. Later he merged his factory with another. Later that when the 4 wheelers started. This article is extremely helpful for me because it will be a trending topic in my topic body paragraph. This will work as an large entry in the body. This shows me how the first car was made and how it worked. Also it shows me how the car worked and how fast it went. It ran a maximum speed of 8 mph.

"The Age of the Automobile." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 6 Jan. 2013. The first images of the automobile were created by Leonardo Da Vinci back in his time. Then later Nicolas Joseph Cugnot started to make that image true. He wanted to use that car to transport guns, food, and supplies. Although his creation was made it was really dangerous. Later in 1859 tienne Lenoir created an internal combustion engine. This is also a main helpful article that will help me throughout the project because it tells me where the true idea of cars came. This will help me in a body in the website because I
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can start and end with this idea. This tells me when are where the car idea came from also why cars were used back then. The car that was created first was really dangerous. Lastly, it showed me who first created an engine.

"Toyota Motor Corporation." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 6 Jan. 2013. Toyota was made in Japan during the WW2 era. It is one of the most popular car manufactures in the past and present. Mostly all cars in America are foreign, only a few are American. Toyota was made by Kiichiro Toyoda. He made a prototype in 1935. This article can help me in a tab were its going to say Whats the use of the car. This will help me show the pros and cons of a car. This taught me that Toyota is old as the WW2 era. Cars have been around for a long time. This invention was used against the Americans.

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