THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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commanded high prices for their products.
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prospered economically.
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purchased more stock than city dwellers did.
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suffered economically.
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Detailed explanation-1: -While most Americans enjoyed relative prosperity for most of the 1920s, the Great Depression for the American farmer really began after World War I. Much of the Roaring ‘20s was a continual cycle of debt for the American farmer, stemming from falling farm prices and the need to purchase expensive machinery.
Detailed explanation-2: -Farmers had missed out on the economic boom in the 1920s. Their income was very low due to overproduction and underconsumption of their produce. Changes in people’s tastes in food as well as the impact of Prohibition had reduced demand for arable crops .
Detailed explanation-3: -For farmers, the 1920’s were years of overproduction, debt and depression.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -What problems did farmers face in the 1920s? The demand for food dropped, so farmers’ incomes went down. They could not afford payments on their farms, so they lost their land.