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1920s America: Economic Boom, Social Issues, and the New Deal

Explore the contrasting aspects of the 1920s in the USA, from the economic boom and social problems to the New Deal initiatives by FDR, with both positive and negative impacts.

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1920s America: Economic Boom, Social Issues, and the New Deal

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  1. 1929 Crisis The Crash and its Solution

  2. The USA in the 1920s

  3. The USA in the 1920s • It was an age of consumerism • There was a desire of enjoying life • Some social groups lived in a situation of poverty: • African-Americans • Women • Farmers

  4. The Economic Boom • After WW1 the US was not directly affected and they sold their products • The economic boom affected society • Motor industry grew rapidly

  5. The Economic Boom • Causes: • Isolationism • Out of foreign affaris • High tariffs • Technology • Mass production (automobiles) • Hire purchaseHigher demand for goods • Shares

  6. Industry • Traditional such as coal and textile did not prosper • As a response to high American tariffs other countries put high tariffs too • Mass production techniques

  7. Agriculture • Farmers were encouraged to produce more during WW1 • After war they continued producing more than what they could sell • Prices dropped

  8. Social Problems • Few people were extremely rich • 42 per cent of population lived below the poverty line

  9. Racism • There were lots of nationalities • Tolerance began to be under attack • The Ku Klux Klan started in the South but spread to other parts of America

  10. Causes of the Depression • The offer was higher than the demand • Too much food was produced • Banks were too small • Speculation on the stock market • Wall Street Crash

  11. The Crash Animation: http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/history/gcse_usa_rev_elander/sheet1.htm

  12. Effects of the Depression • Unemployment • Industrial production dropped • House-building fell • Banking system collapsed • People death from starvation

  13. The New Deal

  14. The New Deal: Agencies • TVA: flood control and dam building • National Recovery Administration • AAA: solve agriculture problems • CCC: offered jobs for conservation projects • PWA: constructed public buildings

  15. New Deal’s Results • Possitive: • People trusted businesses again and started investing • Old people and disabled people got pensions • Workers had better wages and more rights • Millions of jobs were created • Industry and agriculture began to recover • FDR won the 1936 election • Roosevelt was very popular • America remained a democracy

  16. New Deal’s Results • Failures: • Blacks and women did not have equal rights • Many small farmers and city workers especially blacks remained out of work • In 1939 there were 9 million unemployed in America • The Depression did not end until WWII

  17. New Deal. Conclusion • There was quite a lot of opposition to the New deal: • Some people said it gave FDR too much power • Republicans said it would make things worse • Southerners said it interfered too much in local government • Businessmen sait it was an attack on free enterprise and made it too hard to make profits • The Supreme Court said some bits of it were unconstitutional

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