https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by en-us 2018-04-17 10:35:56 UTC 2024-12-16 18:33:19 UTC hello@padlet.com ldhughes https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/252499768 2018-04-17 10:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/252499768 isilver https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253363885 71% of Americans were on low incomes of below $2,500 a year]]> 2018-04-19 11:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253363885 lbrett2 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364088 America's gross national product (GNP) grew from $78 billion to $103 billion]]> 2018-04-19 11:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364088 jfricot https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364426 Company share prices reduced drastically: Woolworths- March 1928- $1.81 however November 1929- $0.52]]> 2018-04-19 11:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364426 lbrett2 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364497 The number of households with a radio rose from 60,000 to 10 million]]> 2018-04-19 11:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364497 mbotha1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364707 Farm income dropped from $22 billion in 1919 to $13 billion in 1928]]> 2018-04-19 11:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364707 jfricot https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364711 Shares had lost around $26 billion in value]]> 2018-04-19 11:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364711 cgking1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364855 1.5 million Americans became shareholders between 1927-29]]> 2018-04-19 11:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364855 lbrett2 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364886 The number of people filing income tax returns for earnings of more than $1 million a year rose from 65 to 513]]> 2018-04-19 11:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364886 mbotha1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364997 More than 3 million farming families earned less than $1000 a year]]> 2018-04-19 11:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253364997 lbrett2 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365133 The number of airline passengers grew from less than 6000 in 1926, to approximately 173,000 in 1929]]> 2018-04-19 11:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365133 lcunningham11 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365322 Wheat went from $2.50 per bushel to less than $1 per bushel]]> 2018-04-19 11:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365322 cgking1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365359 In 1924 40million cinema tickets were sold each week however in 1928 that figured had doubled]]> 2018-04-19 11:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365359 mbotha1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365374 Native Americans were confined to reservations, often inland so poor that it was impossible to make a living from it ]]> 2018-04-19 11:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365374 lbrett2 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365593 By 1929, more than 26 million cars were registered in the USA.

]]> 2018-04-19 11:41:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365593 rchaudhry https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365763 Cotton prices fell by as much as two-thirds which led to 600,000 farmers losing their farms in 1924 alone]]> 2018-04-19 11:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365763 mbotha1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365808 By 1929 around 60% of all families lived below the poverty line]]> 2018-04-19 11:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365808 abeveridge https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365845 Stock prices rose by 39%.]]> 2018-04-19 11:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365845 cgking1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365976 In 1910 visits to national parks were 198000 people and due to the cars it raised to 2.7million in 1930]]> 2018-04-19 11:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253365976 smotta1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366179 Combined value of shares traded on Wall Street rose from $34 billion in 1925 to $64 billion in 1929]]> 2018-04-19 11:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366179 mbotha1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366373 750,000 black farm workers lost their jobs during the 1920s]]> 2018-04-19 11:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366373 isilver https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366425 People lacked purchasing power to buy luxury consumer goods and new houses ]]> 2018-04-19 11:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366425 lbrett2 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366577 In the decade of the 1920s economic output increased by a staggering 50%.]]> 2018-04-19 11:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366577 isilver https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366708 1929: Car sales have fallen by a third ]]> 2018-04-19 11:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366708 cgking1 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366738 There were 40000 beauty parlours by 1930 meaning women had more money they were able to use to spend on them ]]> 2018-04-19 11:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366738 rchaudhry https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366957 By the end of the 1920s farm workers made up only a fifth of the labour force, which had decreased by around 1million in 10 years]]> 2018-04-19 11:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366957 cliu20 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366982 Americans spend $1.8 billion more on leisure activities in 1929 than ten years earlier]]> 2018-04-19 11:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253366982 lcunningham11 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367215 Big cotton crop in 1926 but little demand for cotton- price dropped and many farmers in the southern states went bankrupt and lost their jobs]]> 2018-04-19 11:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367215 rchaudhry https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367697 1920: 568 tonnes of coal mined
1930: 518 tonnes of coal mined
It fell even though the population increased at this point]]> 2018-04-19 11:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367697 ohowell https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367836 Treasury secretary Andrew Mellon, lowered the top marginal income tax rate for the wealthiest Americans from 75% to 25% ]]> 2018-04-19 11:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367836 cliu20 https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367923 The average income per head increased by 27%]]> 2018-04-19 11:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ldhughes/jzb4a4v5q1by/wish/253367923