Living Standards During The Boom

Question 1

How many Americans had cars by 1929 from 1919?

What was the advantage of cars?

Answer 1

In 1919 9 million Americans owned cars and by 1929 26 millions Americans had cars
(Easier access to work,leisure and family)

Question 2

How many Americans had radios in 1920 compared to 1929?

What was the advantage of radios

Answer 2

In 1920 60,000 Americans had radios and by 1929 10 millions Americans had radios
(Home entertainment facilitated,follow presidency)

Question 3

How many Americans had telephones in 1923 compared to in 1930?
(What was the advantage of telephones)

Answer 3

In 1923 15.3 million Americans had telephones by 1930 20 million Americans had telephones.
(Facilitated communication)

Question 4

What % of Americans had refrigerators in their households in 1920 contrary to 1930?
And what was the advantage of a refrigerator

Answer 4

In 1929 refrigerators were in 1% of households and in 1930 it was in 8% of households.
(It was a labour saving device)

Question 5

However what type and how much of Americans as well as what areas did not possess the latest conveniences?

Answer 5

• 30 million farmers
• rural areas for example when Coolidge heard that hardings death had made him president he was at a family home in Vermont, the home lacked electricity and had no inside plumbing.

Question 6

What percentage of farms had bathtubs?

Answer 6

Only 10%

Question 7

how do we know not all Americans were prosperous? And what type of Americans weren’t prosperous?

Answer 7

A 1928 report found that 60% of families had less than the $2000 per annum income necessary to buy the basic necessities.
There were no social welfare programmes in the textile mills of the south a 56 hour week was common wages were below 18 cents per hour and many employees were children.
Females was at a disadvantage in a 1926 loray cotton mill in North Carolina male workers received $18 but female earned 9$ this was at a time where the average weekly wage in New York City was $200
-most black Americans continued to live in poverty.

Question 8

What type of Americans were still not prosperous during the boom?

Which areas still remained poor?

Answer 8

• black Americans
• farmers
• Tennessee valley