1920s Boom Flashcards
how many cars were at the start of the 1920s?
1919 = 9 million cars
how many cars were at the end of the 1920s?
1929 = 26 million cars
how many radios were at the start of the 1920s?
1919 = 60,000 radios
how many radios were at the end of the 1920s?
1929 = 10 million radios
how was farm income affected by the boom?
It went from $22 to $13 billion
how were black Americans / immigrants affected by the boom?
Did the least skilled jobs were last to be hired and first to be fired and still segregated in many jobs. Only 3% of semi-skilled workers owned a car and 1 million black farm labourers lost work in the 1920s.
How were coal and steal workers affected by the boom?
Coal workers’ wages were a third of the national average.
There had been strikes from coal and steel workers over poor wages and bad conditions. Some in West Virginia ended with state troopers being sent to disperse the strikers.
In North Carolina, there was a strike because male workers were paid $18 and women $9 for a 70 hour week when $48 was seen as the minimum required for the basic standard of living.
