Differences Between The 1920s And 1930s

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

This certain idiom describes the transition from the 1920’s to the 1930’s very well. At the end of the 1920’s the U.S. economy did fall, and with an economy of that size, the decade made an extensively large crater upon its failure. A crater that many of the middle class fell into. People used to be very wealthy, able to spend much of what they wanted, then everything changed when the stock market crashed. They then lost their hard earned cash that they “wisely” spent because of the upwards incline of the hill the U.S. economy was driving up . The steep cliff that the car ran off went below sea level, causing the push back up to be long and hard. The 1920’s, nice, pleasant, economic prosperity, “The Roaring 20’s”. Viewing the large contrast between the 1920’s and the 1930’s it is remarkable to think about the large difference between two decades.
Politics in the 1920’s were largely republican dominant with presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. Ergo, the prosperity of the 1920’s was claimed by the republicans. Early 1920s were corrupt with the Ohio Gang and the Teapot Dome scandal. Women right’s increased throughout the 1920’s. More women went to college and were given higher paying jobs. But the biggest one was the right to vote. When the great

The economy kept going up causing people to invest a lot into stocks for the thought of higher wealth. Jobs were high paying and the middle class flourished. Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. When the stock market crashed, many of those investments went to waste. Numerous people in the middle class became unemployed due to the lack of money floating around. This is called a bear market; the economy is going down so metaphorically the claws are pointing down. Men were too embarrassed to return to their family unable to