THTR1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Immigration Act Of 1924, Palmer Raids, Franz Boas
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Workers suffered with little rise in wages, corporations bene ted with doubled pro ts. Most of the population was unable to afford consumer economy. Farmer"s plight due to drop in farm incomes started a rise in foreclosures. List the ways in which the government promoted business interests in the 1920s. The government continued to dispatch soldiers when a change in government in the caribbean threatened american economic interests, lowered income tax, increased tariffs. Harding: pro-business men in federal agencies --> repealed regulatory system. Overturned minimum wage law for women in d. c. , overturned law preventing goods produced by child labor from interstate commerce, under the very corrupt harding administration: albert fall leased oil reserves to private businesses (teapot dome scandal). Foreign affairs: raised taxes on imported goods (fordney- Mccumber tariff) that in turn promoted u. s. private business. Explain the rising importance of civil liberties in the 1920s.
