Describe the main aspects of the economic boom in the 1920s.
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Assignment 1: Objective 2 Question 3: Describe the main aspects of the economic boom in the 1920s. To what extent did the American economy boom in the 1920s? In what ways did the American economy boom? Why was there an economic boom in the 1920s? To answer these questions about the economic boom we need to look at the examples, factors and side-effects of the American economic boom itself. Firstly, when we look at the motor car industry, the increase in production of motor cars meant the number of people owning cars increased thus more roads and infrastructure had to be built. Besides road construction, other constructions such as high rise buildings, skyscrapers, the empire state building was built in the boom because peoples' demands for tall buildings for office use, banks, insurance and advertising companies grew rapidly. The construction of schools, hospitals and other public buildings increased too. ...


