Street Scene | Compare and Contrast
1929: The primary entertainment in the home is the radio. Over ten million households (about half of the country) have radios in 1929, where few had them in 1921.
Today: Television and computer-related technology have far surpassed radio as the primary forms of home entertainment.
1929: After a period of unheralded prosperity, the stock market crashes in October. The American economy is soon in turmoil. Warning signs about the economy had been ignored.
Today: There is unheralded prosperity in the United States, though there are some...
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