In the 1920’s many people invested in the stock market. The stock market is how companies raise money to grow larger. It sells shares of stock, a piece of the company. A person who buys the share is buying a part of that company. The people holding shares can make profit if the company makes money or loss money if the company does not do well. Many people borrowed money from loan companies to buy stocks, in the early 20’s the prices of most socks went up and up.

When the soldiers returned to the United States after World War 1. They found more money available and new products to spend it on. Things such as cars, record players, appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators, canned food, ready made clothes, movies and radios. Others began investing in the stock market. In 1920 Warren G. Harding was elected president. His campaign saying was “return to normalcy” after the war. Congress voted in a tax on good from foreign countries. Coolidge would do nothing to control how the money was being spent by business. People openly broke the law, judges were and police became corrupt because they took bribes from people. Other changes were many chain stores grew, women began wearing

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