social and economic problems 1920s

Question 1

farmers:

Answer 1

sold europe millions of dollars worth of grain and then couldn’t afford
added to the effect of farm income dropping from 1919-1928 from $22 billion to $13 billion
less than 10% of farmers had electricity or mains water

Question 2

cotton industry:

Answer 2

depressed, replaced by artificial fibres and Asian factories made cheaper goods
strike in 1927, United Textile Workers Union in Elizabeth Town, Tennessee as girls had 56 hour weeks and 18c an hour
42% of americans below the poverty line, wealth not distributed well, 10% to 42%