Was there any real prosperity during the 20s

THE ECONOMIC DOWNFALL: A JAZZ TALE OF MISERY

Which groups missed out the prosperity of the 1920s?

economic changes

began with economic instability

ended in a catastrophic depression

after World War I

This groups did not enjoy the prosperity of the 20s

Americans went on a buying spree

industrial production in the
1920s increased

African american

Farmers

it is known as the era of the second industrial revolution

industrial wages, salaries, profits, and dividends rise

Debt: Farmers had easy access to credit. But they had no way to pay their debt as they could not sell their crops

Not only

but also consumer credit and the consumption leve

War production: During war more land was used to farm crops. Even after the war ended this lands were still used for crops and crops price fell even faster

Overproduction: Because of all-new high-quality seeds, fertilisers and machines. The farm output increased but the problem was when the demand fell in 1929 when the stock market crashed. Farmers had to sell their crops at prices, that made not producing crops more profitable than actually selling them

economically depressed condition

Those who benefited most were businessmen

those who could afford to buy shares

whose value trebled between 1923 and 1925

the number of millionaires increased

gap between the rich and the poor

prosperity did not reach nationwide

What was done to help the poor?

Why was so little done to help the poor?

The migration of black people into the cities during the war caused fashinoable areas to become poverty-stricken ghettos

They do this because at war time there was lucrative jobs but that did not last long. They had the worst wages. This was due to segreagation and racism as black people recivied really poor education

They only real outlet was Jazz music but this was only to entretain the richer and white population and also compete in sports specially boxing

Women

Trade Unionists

Native American

The roaring twenties saw an increase of working women after the war period

The quality of women was much worse than men they worked the same time and they got paid much less than men

After WWI, trade unions became less and less popular as big business discourage their employees of joining unions

Between 1922 and 1925 the goverment passed several anti union judgments

Most of them were stipped of their lands and culture most of them lived and miserable conditions

early twenties

in the

the agrarian and reforming combined

in an

effort to relieve the suffering of the farmers

only
aggravated the situation

The failure of the federal government

to help farmers out of poverty

deepened the divisions between

rural

urban

laissez-faire politics

prevented any government intervention

to help industrial workers
on inadequately low wages

Trade unions

were helpless

Some states established

departments of public or social welfare

increased their spending on
welfare

benefit of the elderly and young mothers

to

the impact of these actions was rather
limited

The poor were helped by private charity

The poor were such a diverse group

ethnically and
confined to slum areas of towns and cities

they were incapable of organizing to form self-help
groups

They were entirely dependent on social workers or others to bring them relief

Republican administrations believed that social responsibility was not the job of the
state except

fields of law and order and national defence

Intervention to provide relief from poverty

was beyond the commonly-held concept of the role of
government

was it prepared to direct others to reform practices or make provision

Intervention was also perceived
as a contravention

of the freedom of individuals to provide for themselves

As the prosperity of the twenties increased

there was a confident optimism that the USA was on
the verge of permanently solving the problem of poverty

there was no need for
intervention

By the twenties

there was a deeper understanding of the causes and effects of poverty

largely as a
result of investigative journalism

Social workers and activists were pressing for reform

However,
they aspired to changes that would put an end to poverty

Destitution kept the destitute in their put, which was seen as perfect when the devastated were African-Americans, Catholics, or Jewish migrants. Shockingly, numerous ruined people acknowledged that destitution was unavoidable which their possess destitution was their predetermination in life.

by: Valentina Vidal and Matias Montiel