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Americans Prospered In The 1920's

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Saying that all Americans prospered in the 1920’s is quite a general statement, as it is true that many American 's did benefit from the economic boom, and were able to have a higher standard of living, however this was only possible with an urban lifestyle, with large industries and businesses where people could afford to buy shares and stocks, and create a greater demand for consumer goods, leading to a rise in company share values, and the tax cuts brought more wealth in the company so some people, for example Henry Ford 's workers, found their wages increase. Despite this advancement many Americans did not benefit from the boom for examples farmers ended up going bankrupt, and jobs were replaced by more efficient machines, so the
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