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"Something new has come to confront American democracy… This is our proudest boast: 'The American citizen has more comforts and conveniences than kings had two hundred years ago.' It is a fact and this fact is the outward evidence of the new force which has crossed the path of American democracy. The increasing stream of automobiles and radios,buildings and bathrooms,furs and furniture,liners,hotels,bridges,vacuum cleaners…these are the signs… Consumptionism is bringing it about that the American citizen's first importance to his country is no longer that of citizen but that of consumer."
Samuel Strauss,"Things Are in the Saddle," Atlantic Monthly,1924
-Which of the following economic developments most directly contributed to the situation described in the passage?

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The development of new manufacturing techniques led to increased production and lowered costs, which allowed for the mass production of goods and the rise of consumptionism. This is evident in the passage's reference to the increasing stream of automobiles, radios, buildings, and other consumer goods.

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