The beginning of the twenties started out slow with a brief recession but it didn't last long; by the early to mid twenties the economy started growing rapidly. By 1929, the Gross National Product (GNP) - the total value of goods and services produced had risen from $75 billion to $84 billion. Manufacturing output rose by 64% due to the manufacturing of the automobile, construction of new dwellings, and manufacturing of radios (Washburne, 1995). Life was good but would not …showed first 75 words of 1889 total…

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