HIST 2057 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Agricultural Adjustment Act, Hideki Tojo, National Recovery Administration
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Prosperity decade: calvin coolidge praises the prosperity of the 20s, and predicted that it would continue for the next decade (wrong, 1921 american economy is booming. Standard of living: annual incomes grew over 35% (- per year) Earning more, working less more time to spend their. Skyscrapers & suburbs money leisurely: image 30 empire state construction. Empire state building construction is finished tallest building in the world: detroit, los angeles, new york. Number of homes in queens doubled in the 1920s: land in general became more desirable and valuable. Real-estate estimation: proof of american"s increase of standard of living, corporations (managerial revolution, merging with other companies and forming corporate giants. ), general motors: perfecting the art of how to manage a business, stock market boom. Model t: ford english school/inspectors in addition to private spies to prevent immigrants from forming labor unions, the weekend two days off from labor.
