Question

1. As urban workers experienced growing wealth in the 1920s, farmers (1 point)
A. saw their incomes decline and debt grow.
B. saw their incomes grow faster than those of industrial workers.
C. began to charge significantly higher prices for their crops.
D. began to unionize in hopes of earning higher wages.

Answer 1

As urban workers experienced growing wealth in the 1920s, farmers saw their incomes decline and debt grow. The correct answer is A. 

Answer 2

Correct answer:

A. saw their incomes decline and debt grow.

Real wages for urban workers increased by approximately 20% during the 1920s. But the prosperity of this decade was not for everyone, more than half of the country lived in rural areas, depending on agriculture for a living.

The First World War interrupted agricultural production and the prices of products fell at a catastrophic rate. Prices such as wheat and cotton fell by more than three quarters of their price. Farmers who had taken loans to improve the planting process could not make the payments due to the decrease in their income.