INDIANA IN THE POST 1920'S

Indiana in the post 1920's

Introduction and Discussion

The state of Indiana has seen a number of rapid growth and revolutions in the post 1920's. Here we will discuss a number of them in details.

Indiana's industrial sector continued to grow rapidly during the first decades of the twentieth century. Industrial enterprises were installed in the State and various industrial cities were founded. One of the most successful of these cities was Gary, founded in 1906 by the United States Steel Corporation, which would be where the company would install its main industrial complex. During the first decades of the century, the state would adopt laws work, such as the Workmen's Protection Act of 1915, which obliges the employer to pay compensation to workers injured by their mistakes or negligence. However, such laws would be changed later, so much so that Indiana currently has one of the laws less favorable to workers in the country. The First World War and the high demand for industrial products during the decade of 1920 were two factors that stimulated the development of industrial sector of Indiana for the beginning of the century, while the agricultural sector suffered a major crisis because of low prices.

In 1929, it would trigger the Great Depression, which would cause a big recession in Indiana, the closure of several manufacturing facilities and high rates of unemployment. This recession lasted throughout the decade of 1930. In 1933, in an attempt to better cope with the recession, Indiana reorganized its executive branch, giving the governor more power. Socio-economic assistance programs, and public works undertaken by the federal government and Indiana, in part helped to minimize the effects of the recession in the state. (Batten, 2001)

In 1940, he was elected governor the Democrat Henry F. Schricker, although most of the elected members of State Legislature were Republicans. They passed the same year an act which reduced the powers of the governor, although the Supreme Court of the United States canceled it then unconstitutional. In 1941, the U.S. entry in World War II ended with the effects of economic recession was due to increased demand for industrial products. In the late 1940's, more than half of Indiana's population lived in cities .Indiana prospered economically until the 1970's, with the industry its main source of income. Industrial cities such as Indianapolis and Gary continued to attract farmers and people from ...