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99: The Gilded Age’s Singer Sewing Machines & Dangerous Bananas w/ Dr. Ben Sawyer of The Road To Now
History That Doesn't Suck
What's Going on With the Jim Crow Laws?
The first federal policy excludes chinese people, yet they're not allowed to come here. There was a real incentive to keep the doors open to emigration from europe because a lot of the manufacturing was on the east coast. As long as you have a high supply of labor, you can keep wages down. It's only in the 19 twenties that businesses are willing to support closing boarders.
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