History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1396 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Families Below the Line
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The idea
In nineteen twenty-nine, Digital History says, more than sixty percent of American families earned less than the two thousand dollars a year needed for basic necessities.
In practice
Over forty percent earning less than fifteen hundred dollars a year.
Where people slip
Digital History adds that Mexican Americans and Native Americans had failed to share in the prosperity. The boom had never reached most homes.
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