THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.
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The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.
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Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.
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The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a “dust bowl.” What was an immediate result of this? Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.
Detailed explanation-2: -Farmers Grow Angry and Desperate. During World War I, farmers worked hard to produce record crops and livestock. When prices fell they tried to produce even more to pay their debts, taxes and living expenses. In the early 1930s prices dropped so low that many farmers went bankrupt and lost their farms.
Detailed explanation-3: -The value of farm produce, declined by half while the land rent to be paid by the peasants remained unchanged. In terms of prices of agricultural commodities, the obligation of the farmers to the state doubled. Farmers and Indian manufacturers therefore had to sell their gold and silver reserves to subsist.
Detailed explanation-4: -1929–1941. The longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy lasted more than a decade, beginning in 1929 and ending during World War II in 1941.
Detailed explanation-5: -Farmers who had borrowed money to expand during the boom couldn’t pay their debts. As farms became less valuable, land prices fell, too, and farms were often worth less than their owners owed to the bank. Farmers across the country lost their farms as banks foreclosed on mortgages.