DIDN'T BENEFIT FROM THE BOOM

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This mind map is about the different groups who didn't benefit from the boom.
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DIDN'T BENEFIT FROM THE BOOM
  1. Farmers
    1. 30 million farmers
      1. Massive employer
      2. Overproduction

        Anotações:

        • This meant that the farmers were producing more than they could sell. 

        Anexos:

        1. Selling less
          1. Having to reduce prices

            Anotações:

            • This was because of competition. 
            1. Income dropped
              1. Hard to pay mortgage
          2. Many evicted
            1. Sold to 'super farmers'
              1. Built up massive farms
                1. Mass produce cheaply
                  1. High tech machines
                    1. Fewer jobs available
                  2. Blacks
                    1. Southern farmers lost their jobs
                      1. 3 million
                      2. Many southern factories had an all-white policy
                        1. Women were usually domestic servants
                        2. New Immigrants
                          1. Though 'land of opportunity'
                            1. Missed out on jobs
                              1. Very low wage
                                1. Construction

                                  Anotações:

                                  • Construction was the main employer of immigrants and they had poor pay.
                                2. Workers in old industries
                                  1. Tin/copper/coal
                                    1. Overproduced
                                      1. New metals/ fuels used
                                    2. Mines & factories closed
                                      1. Wages were cut
                                        1. Safety standards dropped
                                          1. Hours increased