TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

realitista@lemm.ee · 4 months ago

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-2 4 months ago

We got a Progressive Era out of it, maybe we’ll get another one?

Edit: To clarify, I’m talking about the New Deal and New Deal v2 Progressive Eras (and the era of Progressive Democratic supermajorities that dominated congress)

kokolowlander@lemm.ee · 4 months ago

Germany got fascism out of the economic collapse.

ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 months ago

👀

(fuck)

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 4 months ago

We got a Progressive Era out of it

Jim Crow
Japanese Internment
Religious revivalism
The Wars on Crime / Drugs / Terror / Immigration, leading to the highest incarceration rate in the world
Two major Red Scares and a collapse in union membership
Intercontinent Ballistic Missiles with nuclear warheads

Some progress.

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

TIL About the Smoot-Hawley Act, Which was the 20% Across the Board Tariff That Deepened the Great Depression and Resulted in the Largest Senate Seat Loss in History

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia

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