By the car industry booming it created other jobs for people. By the number of cars increasing on the roads it meant that new roads had to built or existing ones improved therefore creating more jobs as road builders. The raw materials were also needed. Without the raw materials the cars could not be built. So glass, steel, rubbers were needed to keep up with the supply to the car manufacturers, therefore these industries benefited
The people who worked for industries for example the coal industry suffered because the demand now for coal was low. This was due to the new generation of energy oil and electricity. Due to the oil and electricity being preferred over coal, demand fell for coal therefore causing a cut in jobs. Textile workers also found it difficult to work because now there were new materials and people preferred these rather than the old materials like cotton and the fact that materials like synthetic fibres were being introduced. These new materials were preferred over cotton. It was all about competition, workers in the old industries received low wages due to new forms of resources.
Agriculture in America was also low. Farmers especially the sharecroppers were hit hard. The reason behind this was overproduction and the price of their crop slumped. However not all farmers lost out on the boom. Fruit Farmers did benefit from the boom during the 1920’s. They benefited because there was a high demand for fruit produce across America so they earned a lot and were one of the best paid in America.
Rich people in America and middle class people benefited hugely because jobs were created, more people were now employed. All the new products on the market made life easier for the Americans. Not all people benefited. Many people’s lives were made worse during the boom like agriculture farmers. As boom went on the poor got poorer. The labourers at the farms were mostly black and worked as sharecroppers. But yet no matter if the blacks moved from the south to the north they still got paid the lowest wages and lived very poorly.
In conclusion a lot of Americans benefited from the boom in the 1920’s, but not all. Anyone that got involved with the Ford car industry benefited greatly because it opened many opportunities to other people and got other industries booming. The number of unemployed people in America was going down slowly and more people had jobs and were earning. People now were enjoying life and having fun. Women had all the freedom they wanted. People who were hardest hit were the farmers (agriculture), Black Americans and also the Native Indians. Less than half of Americas population were enjoying the booming years, but the majority of America remained poor. To be precise 60% of the Americans were living in poverty and remained in poverty regardless of the economic boom. The people who were suffering from poverty in America suffered a great deal. Blacks, ship builders, coal miners, textile workers were affected greatly. These people made up 60% of Americas population and they were in poverty. In comparison to the rich 40% of Americans population such people in: new industries, car industries, businesses, electrical. These people benefited due to the high wages and could afford to buy the new products on the market.