Directions: Using the data provided create 4 different graphs. Then refer to the graphs to answer the questions. Make sure you put a Title on your graph and identify the "X" and "Y" axis. Here is some graph paper for you to use.

Data

Graph #1 – Average Stock Prices in Dollars

1920 - $7

1921 - $6

1922 - $8

1923 - $8

1924 - $9

1925 - $10

1926 - $12

1927 - $14

1928 - $18

1929 - $24

1930 - $7

Graph #2 – Average percentage of workforce that is UNEMPLOYED

1920 – 4%

1921 – 12%

1922 – 7%

1923 – 3%

1924 – 6%

1925 – 4%

1926 – 2%

1927 – 4%

1928 – 9%

1929 – 16%

1930 - $7

Graph #3 – Workers Yearly Wage in dollars (you will have two different colored lines, one for Farm Workers and one for Factory Workers)

1920 – Farm $1780                 Factory $1480

1921 – Farm $1180                Factory $1310

1922 - Farm $1125                 Factory $1250

1923 - Farm $1255                 Factory $1400

1924 - Farm $1260                 Factory $1410

1925 - Farm $1260                 Factory $1435

1926 - Farm $1300                 Factory $1490

1927 - Farm $1290                 Factory $1520

1928 - Farm $1100                 Factory $1540

1929 - Farm $900                 Factory $1370

1930 - Farm $670                 Factory $1140

Graph #4 – Average number of Business Failures

1920 – 45

1921 – 100

1922 – 115

1923 – 90

1924 – 105

1925 – 105

1926 – 110

1927 – 120

1928 – 135

1929 – 145

1930 - 160

Analyzing Graphs: Economic Data and the Great Depression

Directions: Using the graphs you have created answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What was the increase in stock prices from 1920-1929?
2.  In what year was unemployment the highest?
3. In general, how would you characterize unemployment during the 1920s?
4. Explain what happened to the Farm workers wages during the 1920s.
5. Explain what happened to the Factory workers wages during the 1920s.
6. On average, how much more did factory workers make than farm workers?
7. Speculate how a stockholder might have felt on Black Monday and describe your feelings in three sentences.