How Successful Was The Coolidge Act Of 1924

“I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement” (John Calvin Coolidge). In 1919 Alexander Mitchell Palmer was an Attorney General of the USA and in 1920 he ordered a bunch of unconstitutional raids in order to mass deport immigrants. The Coolidge Administration main objective was to restore balance in the nation due to the failures of Warren Harding. The Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act) stated that a limit of immigrants was allowed to come into the United States. In 1942 a negotiation between Mexico and United States came to this program called the “Bracero” program. The result of the INA of 1924 was that there were many restrictions that did not

Calvin Coolidge had to work really hard to fix what Warren Harding destroyed. Warren Harding stole from his own people and during his whole presidential reign he drank with his buddies and did nothing to help America. Calvin Coolidge made big changes when he became president. “Coolidge/Mellon Tax Cuts: After years of very high wartime tax rates, rates were reduced significantly under the Revenue Acts of 1921, 1924, and 1926, especially the latter, which was the crowning achievement of Coolidge tax program” (Coolidge Administration Accomplishments). His tax cuts was the first big thing that he accomplished as a president. In 1924 he passed the Immigration Act of 1924 which was the biggest thing he did as a president. He totally changed the policy when it comes to immigrants crossing the border. Cool thing about Coolidge is that he was known as “silent Cal” and he never gave speeches unless he had to. His administration helped the perspective of America change and for sure Coolidge actually influenced America in a good way. He lowered the national debt significantly. In 1923 the national debt was $22.3 billion and in 1929 the national debt was $16.3 billion. The Coolidge Administration really changed the outlook on

Palmer greatly influenced the change of policy. He unconstitutional raided houses and massed deported people because he thought that they were communist. People thought that he started the Red Scare so that he could be the next presidential candidate. He was accused of violating people’s civil liberties. The Coolidge Administration changed a lot of things. Calvin Coolidge passed a lot of good policy that eventually lowered the national debt significantly. The INA of 1924 was an act that stated “limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota” (US State Department). This act significantly change the perspective of immigration. The down side of the INA of 1924 was that European Jews could not migrate to the United States. The US was more concentrated more on the southern border than any other border around the US. The Bracero program was a result of the Coolidge Administration. After WWII the US needed workers for their land and they did not want to bring a lot of Mexicans in the US. They eventually negotiated with the Mexican government to bring in temporary workers. The workers were treated unfairly and they were threatened with deportation. At one moment America did not want the Mexicans in their land, so they gathered them and deported them. Then they noticed that