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Identify whether the item led to the Boom of the 1920s economy or was a reason for the Great Depression.

1. Assembly Line and industry growth
2. Buying on Margin in Stock Market
3. Growth in electricity and technology
4. Laissez faire economics
5. Not enough money in the money
6. Over speculation in the Stock Market
7. Overproduction of Agriculture products
8.Rising Stock Market prices

BOOMBUST

Boom: Assembly Line and industry growth; Growth in electricity and technology; Laissez-faire economics; Rising Stock Market Prices.

Bust: Over-speculation in the Stock Market; Overproduction of agriculture products; Buying on Margin in Stock Market; Not enough money in the market.

Explanation:

The 1920s was a time of great economic prosperity and growth in the economy. There was increased consumerism and more middle-class families could access items like automobiles and in general, there was a lot of manufacturing and sales and investment in the stock market. To the extent that there was over-speculation as stock prices rose and people began to take loans in order to invest, which is called buying on margin in the stock market. The market crashed in October 1929 and people who had invested in the market lost heavily. It created a long-standing economic crisis called the Great Depression where the economy contracted and there was vast unemployment and hardships.

1) Assembly line and industry growth, 3) Growth in electricity and technology, 6) Over speculation in the Stock Market, 6) Over speculation in the Stock Market, 7) Overproduction of Agriculture products, 8) Rising Stock Market prices.

Explanation:

The main causes of the 1920s boom and the Great Depression were the gigantic expansion of industry and agriculture due to cheap credits, crescent state intervention that favored such artificial conditions and the speculation in Stock Market, that led to high Market prices.

The industrial growth was favored by technological development and expansion of electricity.

the expansion of the rule of empires over other territories took place as a result of several reasons including economic, ethnocentric, political, and religious, and exploratory purposes.

in terms of economic purposes: imperial governments aimed to maximize profits and with that purpose they neeeded cheap labor, access to or control of markets to sell or buy products. they also desired to find natural resources (precious metals and land). in the awake of   industrial revolution, dependent colonies provided the necessary raw materials that european factories and market needed to manufacture products.  

ethnocentric: many territories were conquered by imperial territories in an attempt to spread their cultures, values and belief as they considered them to be superior. in the late 19th century, for example, european powers held   the racist belief that inferior races should be conquered in order to “civilize” them.

political: another reason that drove conquer and expansion was patriotism and growing imperial power. it refers to national prestige, pride, and security. empires sought strategic territory to ensure access for their navies and armies around the world.

religious: the aim of converting new member of other religions was another factor that prompted expansion.   christian missionaries from europe established churches in conquered territories during the nineteenth century. thus, they spread western cultural values. furthermore, the imperial nation’s language was spread as well, through educational and religious interactions.

exploratory: imperial nations or their citizens aimed to explore territory that was unknown to them,   for different purposes including medical or scientific research, however, at the very   beginning, they did it to embark on adventure. furthermore, imperial explorers sought to discover, map, and claim territory before their imperial competition did, for national and personal glory as well as to realize the imperialist goal of expansion.

. political or economical policy that isolates a country from participating in international relationships. it has been suggested that the united states participates in isolationism because of its lack of involvement in particular wars or alliances.