history 📃 Flashcards
1
Q
What were the causes of the boom?
A
There many different reason/factors for the boom during the 1920s the prosperity of this decade was built on the frim foundation
2
Q
What different problems came with the depression ?(name 3)
A
-60% of families earnt below the minimum livable income of $2,000 a year.
-Workers in old industries (such as coal) did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s because there was competition from other industries.
-Working-class women, African Americans, Native Americans, the elderly and the rural poor continued to have a low standard of living despite the boom
