Question

What change and government policy took place at the end of world war one

Answer 1

It is NOT Income taxes were increased to pay off the war debt. I believe it is The federal bureaucracy was desegregated.

Answer 2

At the end of World War I, due to mounting war debts, the recently established Income Tax was drastically increased from a top marginal rate of 15% in 1916 to over 75% in 1918. After the war ended, the Government drew down the military and eventually changed its policy towards income tax, bringing it back down into the 20s.