Economics of the 1920's?

Question

I am currently working on project for English and was wondering about the Economics State of the the Unites States during the 1920's. Please help me find any info ONLINE or by ur mouth.

Thanks

Answer 1

Graphs of average income and income share of the rich back to 1917 can be found at
http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/index.php?s=saez
You can also find the value for the DOW at
http://stockcharts.com/charts/historical/djia19201940.html

Answer 2

Whenever economists start talking about that era and the Great Depression everyone gets into too many arguments as to whose fault it is and what should've been done.

I'll try to remain neutral and say in the 1920's we as a nation first thought we should leave the markets alone and let them adjust themselves. Then the Great Depression happened and we determined that the government had to step in.