When congress passed the smoot-hawley tariff to alleviate conditions of the great depression, why was it actually the wrong thing to do?
a) it greatly reduced foreign trade, which would have american companies. b) it caused too much foreign competition, forcing companies to go under. c) higher rates cost american companies too much money, and they laid people off. d) the lower rates brought too many foreign goods into the country, hurting business.

The correct answer is A)It greatly reduced foreign trade, which would have helped American companies.

A tariff is a tax on an imported good. The goal of implementing a tariff is to protect the business interests of domestic companies. This type of tax was thought to have helped American businesses during the Great Depression. However, it had the opposite effect.

Due to the tariffs, many foreign businesses reduced or completely eliminated their trade with the United States. This reduction in trade hurt American businesses, as it limited their market in terms of who they could sell their goods too.

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- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."