People that didn’t benefit in the boom

• Groups that did not benefit from the boom

  • Black People
  • New Immigrants
  • Textile Workers
  • Sharecropper Farmers
  • Poor Former Industrial Workers
  • Indigenous Americans
• Black People


  • Most lived in southern States
  • Farm labourers, renting small areas of land from landowners as Sharecroppers
  • Appalling living conditions
  • Many lost jobs and moved north for work in cities
  • Still faced discrimination and low pay in northern cities
• New Immigrants


  • Faced discrimination
  • Supplied cheap labour in construction and other industries
  • Unemployment rate remained high throughout the decade
• Textile Workers


  • Over-produced, leading to a collapse in the grain market and prices
• Sharecropper Farmers


  • Evicted or sold their land to pay off debts
  • Mechanisation reduced the need for their labour
• Poor Former Industrial Workers

  • Lost jobs as industries became more mechanised
• Indigenous Americans


  • Treated badly, forced to live in one place, experienced extreme poverty
• In 1950, America had 6% of world population but produced 42% of its wealth