DIDN'T BENEFIT FROM THE BOOM

Farmers
1. 30 million farmers
  1. Massive employer
2. Overproduction
  Annotations:
  - This meant that the farmers were producing more than they could sell.
  Attachments:
  - USA Flashcard
3. Selling less
  1. Having to reduce prices
    Annotations:
    - This was because of competition.
    1. Income dropped
      1. Hard to pay mortgage
4. Many evicted
5. Sold to 'super farmers'
  1. Built up massive farms
  2. Mass produce cheaply
  3. High tech machines
    1. Fewer jobs available
Blacks
1. Southern farmers lost their jobs
  1. 3 million
2. Many southern factories had an all-white policy
3. Women were usually domestic servants
New Immigrants
1. Though 'land of opportunity'
2. Missed out on jobs
3. Very low wage
4. Construction
  Annotations:
  - Construction was the main employer of immigrants and they had poor pay.
Workers in old industries
1. Tin/copper/coal
  1. Overproduced
    1. New metals/ fuels used
2. Mines & factories closed
3. Wages were cut
4. Safety standards dropped
5. Hours increased

Resource summary

	Created by hannahbishop95 over 12 years ago