History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1242 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Business Government
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The idea
Republican administrations of the decade cut taxes, introduced a formal budget process, and paid down the war debt.
In practice
The Emergency Tariff of nineteen twenty-one protecting American producers.
Where people slip
The Yawp says low taxes, easy credit and low interest rates overwhelmingly favoured wealthy investors, a divide that unit ten follows into the crash.
Your place on the trail
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