Question

When Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff to help alleviate conditions of the Great Depression, why was it actually the wrong thing to do?

Answer 1

Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff in order to alleviate the conditions of the Great Depression. However this tariff only reduced the number of American exports and imports. Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff in order to alleviate the conditions of the Great Depression.