Problems in Farming

Question 1

How did the rise of the automobile industry affect older insutries?

Answer 1

• Became primary means of transport
• Decline of industries related to horse transportation
• Unemployment

Question 2

How did over-production affect farming in the 1920s?

Answer 2

• Prices fell
• Production increased while demand decreased
• Worse with the recovery of agriculture in European countries

Question 3

What role did the Fordney-McCumber Act play in the farming crisis?

Answer 3

• Worsened
• Other countries retaliated by imposing tariffs on US farm products

Question 4

What challenges did the coal industry face in the 1920s?

Answer 4

• Competition from oil and electricity
• Violent labor disputes over wages and union rights

Question 5

How did President Coolidge impact farmers?

Answer 5

• Vetoed bills: constitutional right to reject decisions
• e.g. McNary-Haugen Bill which intended to support farmers (ultimately left without government assistance)