(Economic prosperity) Limitations Flashcards
Unequal distribution of wealth - where was prosperity largely concentrated in the 20s?
Industrial North and far West.
Unequal distribution of wealth - __% of ______ lived on less than $______ a ____.
a) 60%
b) families
c) $2,000
d) year
Unequal distribution of wealth - name one way traditional industries were negatively affected by prosperity.
Give an example.
Prices went down so businesses were forced to move to the North.
Synthetic fibre industries.
Unequal distribution of wealth - what industries suffered during prosperity? (3)
Coal mining
Ship-building
Shoe and leather manufacturing
Unequal distribution of wealth - explain income distribution across America.
North East - $921
South East- $365
Farmers in South Carolina - $129
Unequal distribution of wealth - what % of families earned an annual income of less than $2000?
60%
Unequal distribution of wealth - 60% of Americans had an annual income of less than what?
$2,000
Farmers - what did a huge decrease in demand lead to?
Explain how.
Overproduction & devastating drop in prices.
Farmers - huge decrease in demand led to overproduction and a devastating drop in prices.
List the reasons why.
(6)
End of WW1 Prohibition Production of synthetic fibres Modern machinery High foreign tariffs Republican policy
Farmers - huge decrease in demand led to overproduction and a devastating drop in prices.
List the reasons why.
(6)
End of WW1 Prohibition Production of synthetic fibres Modern machinery High foreign tariffs Republican policy
Farmers - name 3 ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity.
Production slowed due to lack of customer interaction because of changing diets.
Prohibition decreased demand - 13 mill of acres lost to machines & $2.50 per bushell became $1.
Loss of foreign market (Fordney-McCumber Act).
Farmers - name 3 ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity.
Production slowed due to lack of customer interaction.
Prohibition decreased demand.
Loss of foreign market.
Farmers - one of the ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity was a slow down in production because of less customer interaction.
Why?
Better diets.
Farmers - one of the ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity was because prohibition decreased demand.
Give evidence.
13 million acres lost to machines and $2.50 per bushell became $1.
Farmers - one of the ways farmers were negatively affected by prosperity was because of a loss of foreign market.
Why?
Fordney-McCumber Act
Farmers - Republican policy created a huge decrease in demand, leading to overproduction and a devastating drop in prices.
This was particularly evident in the Agricultural Credits Act of 1923.
What did this do?
Encouraged small farmers to form cooperatives, but only large farming businesses benefited.
Black Americans - __% lived in the ______.
85%
South
Black Americans - what was the occupation of most black americans, particularly in the south?
Sharecroppers
Black Americans - what is the context of what was taking place during this time?
Northern migration
Black Americans - what did northern migration lead to?
Ghettoisation and discrimination
Black Americans - name three ways that black americans were negatively affected by prosperity.
Lynchings still legal
Fewer opportunities
Forced to move North in search of a better life
Black Americans - one of the ways black americans were negatively affected during prosperity was due to fewer opportunities.
Give examples.
Limited to low skill jobs, bad education and segregation.
Black Americans - where did many black americans move to when forced to migrate north in search of a better life?
Harlem, NY
Women - name three ways women were negatively affected by prosperity.
Women had less opportunities
Faced fewer opportunities due to stereotypes.
The expectation was to stay at home.
Women - one of the ways women were negatively affected during prosperity was due to less opportunities.
Give evidence
(3).
College attendance decreased by 5%
2/435 congress delegates were women
150 female dentists
Women - one of the ways women were negatively affected during prosperity was due to expectations to stay at home.
Give evidence.
700,000 women were domestic servants.
