THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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adoption of lower tariff rates
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stricter enforcement of antitrust laws
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success of most United States farmers
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development of new industries for consumer goods
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main reasons for America’s economic boom in the 1920s were technological progress which led to the mass production of goods, the electrification of America, new mass marketing techniques, the availability of cheap credit and increased employment which, in turn, created a huge amount of consumers.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1920s is the decade when America’s economy grew 42%. 1 Mass production spread new consumer goods into every household. The modern auto and airline industries were born. The U.S. victory in World War I gave the country its first experience of being a global power.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -During the 1920s, consumer goods: included vacuum cleaners and washing machines, which Americans paid for exclusively in cash. In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs: helped create and spread a new celebrity culture.
Detailed explanation-5: -The widespread prosperity of the 1920s ended abruptly with the stock market crash in October 1929 and the great economic depression that followed. The depression threatened people’s jobs, savings, and even their homes and farms.