THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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coal miners (coal was replaced by electricity)
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railroad industry (trucks took businesses away from railroads)
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automobile industry (less people were driving and people lost jobs as a result)
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farmers (less crops sold overseas after WWI was over)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although these were prosperous times for many, some groups did not share in the good times of the 1920s. Farmers, African Americans, Native Americans and workers in some industries suffered from declining incomes and unemployment.
Detailed explanation-2: -The prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer goods like radios, cars, vacuums, beauty products or clothing. The expansion of credit in the 1920s allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach of average Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were the major causes of the Great Depression? Among the suggested causes of the Great Depression are: the stock market crash of 1929; the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff; government policies; bank failures and panics; and the collapse of the money supply.
Detailed explanation-4: -Old industries were in decline. Farm income fell from $22 billion in 1919 to $13 billion in 1929. Farmers’ debts increased to $2 billion. Sharecroppers were often destitute when cotton crops failed or prices fell.