Advertising and Salesmanship Was the Most Important Factor in American Prosperity of the 1920’s ‘Do You Agree with This Statement?’

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Advertising and Salesmanship was the most important factor in American prosperity of the 1920’s ‘do you agree with this statement?’ During the period known as ‘The Roaring Twenties’ saw America enter into a stage of prosperity, whereby it became the main superpower of the world. There are many factors which contribute to this growth, some include: Laissez-Faire government, availability of easy credit, new business methods & mass production techniques. Assessing to which extent what factor was most influential is important and I believe that the Laissez- Faire government was the vital factor in greatly improving America as a whole, as opposed to advertising and salesmanship. The Laissez-Faire government greatly contributed to prosperity in the 1920’s in the sense that, under the Fordney-McCumber Act, tariffs were greatly raised on foreign goods and continued to rise throughout the period. This meant that domestic products were able to monopolise the American economy. This is known as protectionism. As a result, improving mass production techniques also came to the fore due to the, now higher, demand for American products. As the techniques progressed, prices were able to be kept under the tariffed foreign goods’, resulting in greater prosperity as the American economy is being stimulated predominantly domestically. This shows that without a Laissez-Faire government, mass production would have struggled to prosper so much domestically. Mass production was however still greatly important as it meant that goods could be manufactured more cheaply and efficiently. These methods were pioneered by Henry Ford who completely changed the automobile industry, the mass production techniques allowed cars to be available to the average American and as a result, 23million cars were on the road during the period and the industry employed 7% of the countries workforce. This
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