106,521,537 people in the United States
2,132,000 unemployed, Unemployment 5.2%
Life expectancy: Male 53.6, Female 54.6
343.000 in military (down from 1,172,601 in 1919)
Average annual earnings $1236; Teacher's salary $970
Dow Jones High 100 Low 67
Illiteracy rate reached a new low of 6% of the population.
Gangland crime included murder, swindles, racketeering
It took 13 days to reach California from New York There were 387,000 miles of paved road.
1920-The 1920s were also know as the roaring twenties. It was a spike in culture in everyway. Jazz was a famous form of art coming out of this age. New York was one of the centers for Jazz. In New York authors also started to sprout up during this time. The 20's and 30's many of the best new journalist came out of New York. Prohibition happened in the roaring, but that did not stop people from drinking. The 20's was record to be the age were people drank more per person than any other time. This was due to the circulation of money, and the ecomony doing well. The alcohol was sold by speakeasies during prohabition, and they were owned by gansters. The ganster started up due to rasism in New York. Immagrates were treated like second class citizens before this time, and the were forced to live together in groups. The gangs started because a group of people joined together to end their suffering like the Irish. Gangs like the Five Points Gang started and the mob life was born. Al Capone came out New York moving up the gang life till he moved to Chicago. Also a new fashion came from the roaring 20s were flappers. This were woman that dresseed more elagant, but a little less clothing than usual. The skirts became higher than in the previos years.
1930-Movies, parlor games and board games were popular due to the depression. People wanted to make there lives happy even though there was a depression. Families gathered around radios to listen to the Yankees.
FACTS about this decade.
Population: 123,188,000 in 48 states
Life Expectancy: Male, 58.1; Female, 61.6
Average salary: $1,368
Unemployment rises to 25%
Huey Long propses a guaranteed annual income of $2,500
Car Sales: 2,787,400
Food Prices: Milk, 14 cents a qt.; Bread, 9 cents a loaf; Round Steak, 42 cents a pound
Lynchings: 21
Between 1929 and 1932 the income of the average American family was reduced from $2,300 to $1,500, which was about a 40% decrease in pay. This decade brought with it shanty towns called Hoovervilles. These were named after the president that thought the economy would stablize itself. The poor that lived in these towns could barely get by, and may of went days with out food. The most remember event in the great depression was black tuesday. The stock market had a loss of 83
!870-The period,the mid-1870s through the mid-1890s, could be described as a meant to accomplish great progress and that had great instability. New companies startred to start through out America, but unfortunately monopoly laws were no in place. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Co. was founded in 1970 and was a prime examples of a monopoly. In New York City, changes the area was reflected the increased population of the poor and working classes. The city of New York did not have enough housing, so The Plumber and Sanitary Engineer sponsored a design competition in 1879. The dumbell was made by James Ware's and his design won the competition. At the end of this time period the nvironment
