Chapter 24 Section 3 A Booming Economy
Key Terms * recession- an economic downturn *GNP – Gross National Product Total value of all goods & services produced. *productivity-The amount of work each worker can do. *installment buying – Buying by promising to pay back
Gross National Product 1922: $70 billion 1929: $100 billion Before WW I: 30% % factories ran by electricity Total value of goods & services produced…..
ScientificScientific management Hiring experts to study how goods could be produced more quickly.
AssemblyAssembly Lines A mass production technique first introduced by Henry Ford
Consumer Economy By 1920s - 60% had electricity refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, radios, fans Grocery Store - A & P Automobiles – Ford, General Motors, Chrysler
AutomobileAutomobile Age Sturdy Reliable Inexpensive Available only in black Sold for $300, average worker made $1300 yearly
Detroit, Michigan automobile manufacturing center of the world ( Henry Ford)
How did the automobile change American lives??? Steel, rubber, and glass industries grew Oil began being refined for gasoline Suburbs grew b/c of transportation Tourism grew New roads & highways
Those left behind??? Farmers: Prospered during the war…..but After the war… Food prices dropped, farmers’ income fell…debts could not be repaid…lost their farms
Installment Buying One dollar down, one dollar forever… This boosted consumer spending