A. Henry Ford
Henry Ford helped revolutionize speeds of creating automotives using the assembly line in which helped make them more affordable.
white males
This was an effort espoused by "Jacksonian democracy" (in reference to Andrew Jackson). The stated intent was to allow common Americans to have more influence in the political processes.
The expanding of the democratic franchise aimed at getting rid of property requirements for voting. That benefit thus went to white males. It didn't do anything for blacks under slavery, of course, and and wasn't at all concerned about giving voting rights to women.
True the us was not a major global power until the end of ww1
