Deph Study USA

DEPH STUDY USA (1919 - 1941)

· How far did the USA economy boom in the 1920´s?
1. On what factors was the economic boom based?
2. Why did some industries prosper while others did not?
3. Why did agriculture did not share the boom?
4. Did all the Americans benefit from the boom?

Some of the reasons by which the economic boom started were because of the USA’s industrial strength, the impact of the First World War, the Republican policies, the new industries and the new methods and the state of mind. Some industries prosper much more than others. One example was the moto-car industry, which boomed around the 1920´s. It all started with Henry Ford, who set up the first moving production line in the world, in a giant shed in Detroit. By the end of the 1920´s, the motor industry was America’s biggest industry. But the boom of the car industry not only benefited itself, as dozens of other industries, which were required to build the cars, such as glass, l...