Fordney-McCumber...

[raven]

Yuk. Fucking homophobes. I loathe these people. I like this place because it's quiet, but because of the exams it's been invaded by the fucking teenybopper homophobes who are having a loud conversation about lesbianism. If I had the courage, I'd go over and hit on them.
Fuck.
I have an urge to yell, "I write slash! Am I a fucking retard?" at the top of my voice. But I won't, because I'm too much of a charming little girl. I ought to be revising America in isolation rather than getting ranty about fucking teenage homophobia, but oh, well. And some of them would be all right, if only someone told them something about life. It's not my responsibility, oh, no, but I can't let things go.

Yes, America. Isolationism and protectionism, which were introduced because of increased nationalistic feeling in America due to World War 1. They were afraid new immigrants would provide cheap labour and take away American jobs, and also bring in new political ideas like Communism that would challenge American democracy. This was called the Red Scare.

In 1921, Emergency Tariff Act, followed by Fordney-McCumber the next year, which placed tariffs on imports. Then there's the Immigration Quota Act in 1921, which is too complicated to explain here.

Crap.
Fuck.
Tourette's.