Part A.

In the early 1920s there was still a demand for certain industries that had grown rapidly such as automobiles and appliances. As that demand began to lessen factory owners had to decrease the production and their workers. Other business had gained such a large overstock that when things were going unsold they had to order less. The agriculture businesses had prices that continued to drop which left farmers unable to purchase newer machinery. At this point a majority of the population could not afford to buy consumer goods due to the drop of wages and increase of unemployment. Because of the high tariffs European countries were unable to sell goods in the American market. Many American investors chose not to invest their money outside of the US stock market. This created a...