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Countries were already short on money so putting a charge on trade only made things worse.

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The Hawley-Smoot Tariff helped destroy European markets for American goods.

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How did the Hawley Smoot Tariff help make the Depression worse?

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff raised prices on foreign imports, making it impossible for them to compete in American markets. This in turn led foreign countries to retaliate by enacting their own tariffs. While Hawley-Smoot didn't cause the Depression, this sort of protectionism was not at all helpful; rather than protecting American products, it simply led to trade wars, and harmed the economy by making it harder to engage in international business. Thus, many historians believe it made a bad situation worse.


What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act How did it backfire?

It was an act that raised tariffs on imported goods. It backfired because other countries didn't want to be treated unfairly, so they raised their tariffs too. Many economists think that it made the Great Depression worse. In any case, because many countries started to boycott US goods in retaliation, it gave more business to the UK and other countries besides the US. As with most things, some people benefitted, but others were harmed. Definitely international trade relations were harmed.


What caused the hawley-smoot tariff?

In an effort to increase the protection of domestic farmers against foreign agricultural imports, the Smoot-Hawley Act was passed. Efforts at European economic recovery following World War I led to massive agricultural overproduction. Food prices declined, causing farmers incomes to decline drastically. President Hoover, vowed to help farmers using protective tariffs . But soon everyone, including industry, wanted protective tariffs as well. The result, was the highest level of tariffs in US history. Foreign exporters retaliated, hitting US imports with high tariffs as well. Although the Smoot-Hartley Tariff Act did not cause the Depression, it made it a lot worse and International trade diminished to less than one third of its original totals.


Is America headed for another Great Depression?

in about 180 days we will be in the worse of the worse.. so yes we will be in a great depression..


Who made the great depression worse?

I did.


Can depression get worse from anti-depressants?

Yes! be careful!


Which Great Depression will end up being worse the Roosevelt Great Depression or the Obama Great Depression?

Well we are not in a depression with Obama the only reason the economy is like this is because of our 43 president Bush So Roosevelts depression ended up worse because they were actually in a depression. You can thank Bush for the economic troubles


Does Talking about depression only make it worse?

Sometimes it does make it worse, but it depends on the person, and what about depression you are talking about. If you are talking about things to make it better, to just to vent, it could be a good thing. But if you are talking about suicide and sadder things, it could make the person experiencing depression, to go to the lowest level of depression a person could go into, and that would make it very worse.


Is depression worse than cancer?

Both are pretty bad, but I would say cancer is worse. You can control depression with medication and it also won't kill you. With cancer, you could actually die from it.


Can vicodin help depression?

in somes cases yes. it depends on the person.


How do you help depression?

The only way to really help depression is by seeking help, you can't do it alone it will only get worse.


What effects did the Great Depression have?

It made everything worse!~Like nowadays