The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was an act that was passed on June 17, 1930 and was sponsered by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis. C Hawley. The act was originally used during World War 1 to help domestic farms with agricultural imports. However, after the war ended, all the farmers had increased their production much more. This tariff act created distrust between the United States and other countries. At first this act was used to help protect U.S. farmers, but instead it had destroyed the economy even more.
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| Hawley (The left) and Smoot (The right) |
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