Stay updated with breaking news from Henry hoover. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Pretty well, you might have been left with a question in your minds what was the legacy of world war i for American Society . Now the politics of the United States definitely veered to the right during the 1920s. Republican president s, fairly conservative ones were electedly landslides, 1920, 1924, and 1928. Congress was under the control of the republicans throughout the 1920s. With support of congress, republican president s signed bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, generally, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were theon the defensive du ....
Bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, whether people we consider to be liberals, former progressives or radicals were all on the offensive during the 1920s. The most popular president in the 1920s, Calvin Coolidge who took office in 1923, when harding died of a heart attack and then was reelected by a landslide in 1924 famously said in the mid1920s, the business of america is business. It was a prosperous time for a lot of americans, though certainly not all. Stock prices were fairly high. Wages were either stable or going up, depending on what occupation you were in. Farmers are not doing as well as theyve done during world war i when fa ....
Now in my last lecture and in our debate on monday, which i think went pretty well, you might have been left with a question in your minds, what was the legacy of world war i for American Society . Now the politics of the United States definitely veered to the right during the 1920s. Republican president s fairly conservative ones were electedly landslides, 1920, 1924, and 1928. Congress was under the control of the republicans throughout the 1920s. With support of congress, republican president s signed bills which rolled back the income tax increases that were passed during world war i. And the leading social movements on the left, labor unions and the socialist party, both lost members during the war. In fact, the socialist party was never really a factor in american politics again after the 1920 election. And people on the left, whether people we consider to be liberals, ....
Additional funding is provided by. Corporate funding is provided by. Michael moore, welcome to firing line. Thank you so much for having me here. Youre an Academy Awardwinninmaker, and more than that, you created a new genre of documentary films th really drove the National Discourse about y issues in our country, from the iraq war to guns to healthcare. And youve now started a new podcast wi rumbl michael moore. Right. I dont want people to forget thatn 2016, early, win the president ial election. Yeah, sadly. I never wanted to be more wrongi but i live iigan, so i saw what was going on. Anso, i dont know it w four or five months before the election, i just said, donald trump is going to be the next president , and hes going to win by winning michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. And i first said this on the bill maher show, and i was booed by the audience. Im gonna show ....