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The visual review has 3 or 4 pictures that all relate somehow to each other. While working with a partner, explain in the space provided how all of the pictures relate. Do what you can do! Not what you can’t!

BUSINESS

Necessities & luxuries an individual or group enjoys

ready made

Low wages & unemployment Not everyone prospered in the 20s!

Farmers overproduced (Fordson tractor) Prices???

1/3 of American families lived below poverty line during 20s

Americans owned 80% of cars in the world! Defined consumer craze of 1920s

Auto = Biggest industry in 20s

Just $300 when families earned average of $2,000 Model A came in different colors!

Driving = new industries: repair, service stations, steel imports, materials & auto plant jobs

Paved roads for all- weather travel!

Shopping habits Vacation destinations Sunday drives Dating habits “Parking”

Allowed people to buy without having to save 1st

Americans put money down & paid balances in installments Debt no longer shameful to have

Corner stores lost business J.C. Penny, Sears, & Piggly Wiggly Offered lower prices, reliability, better service, & wider choice

Increase in “white collar” jobs What is a “blue collar” job then?

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