4.) What caused the economic downturn in Florida during the 1920s? Use details and information from the reading passage in your answer.

During the early 1920s, Florida represented wealth and a flourishing tourist industry. The demand for land skyrocketed and, along with it, land prices. People were drawn to the state by the idea of sandy beaches and sun. Vacationers, tourists and new settlers alike all wanted their own piece of the Sunshine State. Land was being bought rapidly without proper investigation into what was being purchased and, often, what investors were selling and reselling had little to no value

Explanation:

The economic downturn actually started significantly earlier in Florida, where people were already struggling to make a living wage, if they had a job at all.

Many lost their investments and life savings; properties lost their value or were destroyed by hurricanes.

The tourism industry took a severe hit, and the citrus industry, which at the time made up over 50 percent of the revenue for the state, fell by more than 35 percent in just a few months.

All of this happened in Florida before the nationwide stock market crash in October 1929.

the idealization of the rural landscape ; admiration for the beauty of nature ; focus on an individual's inner concerns

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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