1. How far did the US economy boom in the 1920s?
After the First World War, the US - which had already been a rich and powerful country in 1914, became even more powerful over the next decade as it experienced an economic boom. Ordinary Americas participated in this boom buying a whole new range of consumer goods; many of these Americans in the 1920s were confident that this prosperity would last for ever. The pages below look at the factors that created the boom,...