The 1920's is known as the 'prosperous' time but..
80% of American's had no saving at all
the top 1% received a 75% increase while other 99% saw 9% increase.
The farms were always in depression, 30% of americans lived in argicultural.
Also affected women and black people, as they were not allowed to take part in the boom. Typical job of women was to stay home, and black people were still being treated as slaves.
However income did rise from $74.36 billion to $98 billion.
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