In Rural Areas: The economic impacts on rural areas were visible. Seeing more highways built on rural areas, the American people took the advantage of them by setting up small, profitable businesses in order to make a living. Private sector economy became an integral part in the Americans' rural life and that the United States was shifting towards economic freedom for everyone to improve their social status. Since more car factories were set up, more men were hired into these factories to work, resulting in unprecedented level of automobile production in history.