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Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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When the dust had settled, Congress had produced a piece of legislation, the Tariff Act of 1930, more commonly known as the Smoot-Hawley tariff, that entrenched the protectionism of the Fordney-McCumber tariff.
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The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of June 1930 raised U.S. tariffs to historically high levels. The original intention behind the legislation was to increase the protection afforded domestic farmers against foreign agricultural imports.
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When the causes of the Great Depression are debated, at the top of the list is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. [Half of my sources listed it as "Hawley-Smoot," but we'll go with the former.] In light of President Bush's recent misguided steel tariff policy, a discussion of Smoot-Hawley (hereinafter, S-H) may provide...
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Yahoo! reviewed these sites and found them related to United States Trade Law > Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act ... Directory > Government > Law > Trade > United States > Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act...
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economic history encyclopedia ... In this instance, though, Senator Smoot was far better known than Representative Hawley and so the legislation is usually referred to as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. The more formal name of the legislation was the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930.
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Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia article about Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act. Information about Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Despite wide protest, the tariff act, called the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act because of its joint sponsorship by Representative Willis C.
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Despite wide protest, the tariff act, called the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act because of its joint sponsorship by Representative Willis C. Hawley and Senator Reed Smoot, both Republicans, was signed (June, 1930) by President Hoover.
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