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Decade - 1920s
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What is overproduction and how did affect farming in the 1920's?
During World War I farmers increased production to meet the demands for food for the fighting troops. Many farmers invested their wartime profits in more land and more machinery with the thought of growing even more crops, but such plans did more harm then good. After the war, farmers were producing more than the American people could use and the price of farm goods dropped so low that many farmers couldn't make enough money to pay off their huge debts. Corn, which had sold for 70 cents a bushel in the early '20s, dropped to 10 cents a bushel. Hogs, which used to bring in nine cents, only brought in three cents per pound. Some farmers found it was cheaper to burn their corn for fuel than to haul it to market. If they couldn't sell enough to make mortgage payments, some farmers began to sell off their belongings. New machinery, that had hardly been used, had to be auctioned off before it was even paid for. On and on it went, until many farmers had to give up the entire farm. The banks and tax collectors wanted their money, but farmers didn't have any to give. In 1924 alone more than 2,500 farms were lost in mortgage foreclosure actions.
What products were being advertised in the 1920's on the radio?
i believe probably, magazines. music albums, and all that good stuff they advertise now, but it was more modern in those days.
Why were so many Americans afraid of immigrants in the 1920's?
They, having been immigrants; were will aware; imigrants were very lliable to take jobs from those whom had immigrated earlier.
What was the wal wal incident?
From http://www.linkethiopia.org/guide/pankhurst/twentieth_century/twentieth_century_8.html
"The Italian pretext for invasion came with the Wal Wal incident which took place little more than a year after Mussolini's above-mentioned talks with De Bono. On 23 November 1934 an Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission, which had been surveying the frontier between British Somaliland and Ethiopia, arrived at Wal Wal, 100 kilometres within Ethiopia. There they were confronted by an Italian force, which had earlier arrived from Somalia. The British members of the commission protested at the Italian presence, but then withdrew to avoid an "international incident". The Ethiopians on the other hand faced the Italians for about a fortnight, until a shot of indeterminate, but probably Italian, origin, precipitated a clash. The Italians responded by despatching an ultimatum to Ethiopia. They demanded 20,000 in damages, a formal apology, a salute to the Italian flag, and the punishment of the Ethiopian troops involved. These terms, which would have constituted recognition of Italian sovereignty over Wal Wal, were considered unacceptable by the Ethiopian Government. Haile Sellassie therefore sought arbitration in accordance with the Ethio-Italian Treaty of 1928. Mussolini rejected this proposal. The Emperor thereupon took the matter to the League of Nations, which spent the next eleven months in fruitless discussion, during which fascist Italy accelerated its preparations for war."
Which of the following best describes cultural conflicts in the 1920s?
Many people wanted to turn back Progressive reforms from the previous decades.
apex-A tension between modernism and fundamentalism
1 of the 2 landmark events from the clash between rural and urban values during the 1920s?
I sorry I don't have a lot of time but for sure, the 1924 democratic convention. Look it up, a clash between McDoo and Smith, the Southern rural protestant dry and the Northern Catholic urban wet liberal. Just google 1924 democratic national convention.
What were two major evidences of American resentment toward immigrants and blacks in the 1920s?
the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and Harlem Renaissance
When were the Locarno treaties signed?
The treaties were initialed at Locarno on 16 October and signed in London on 1 December 1925. The principal agreement guaranteed Germany's frontiers with France and Belgium in return for Germany's full restoration to the international community and the withdrawal of Allied occupation forces from the Rhineland, which would subsequently be demilitarized. Germany agreed to arbitration in the event of disputes with Poland and Czechoslovakia, but without an international guarantee of borders as in the west. The treaties alienated France's ally Poland, which sought a guarantee for its territory, and the USSR, which saw the agreements as an attempt to detach Germany from its 1922 understanding with Moscow. Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime tore up the main treaty in March 1936, sending German troops into the Rhineland.
What was true of the Democratic Party in the 1920s?
It became dominated by its northern liberal wing
It lost every presidential election.
It became less nativist
What were the Nicknames for the 1920s?
Republican Era
The Jazz Age
The Lost Generation
Boom to Bust
The Roaring '20's
Decade of Normalcy
Prosperity Decade
Prohibition Era
What caused sports mania in the 1920's?
After WW1, Americans had more leisure time and more money, so they wanted to be entertained. They started going to sports games.
How did the Great Depression change the world?
When the Great Depression happened, our country had become poor. More jobs were made and more people looked for a job. People like Louis Armstrong and much more were not afraid about their job. They played music and had their own way of expressing their selves. Then, technology was made and the world learned from us. They followed us and moved on, overtaking our place in history, but we still stand as a nation today.
