A joint session disastrously combined the two and, despite wide protest, it replaced the Fordney-McCumber bill upon its signing by President Hoover.
The Senate proposal for this bill emphasized rates for farm products, while the House version focused on manufactured goods. A joint session disastrously combined the two and, despite wide protest, it replaced the Fordney-McCumber bill upon its signing by President Hoover. For 10 points—name this Depression-intensifying tariff act.
The Senate proposal for this bill emphasized rates for farm products, while the House version focused on manufactured goods.
{Smoot-Hawley} tariff [or {Hawley-Smoot} tariff; or {Tariff Act of 1930}; prompt on {Tariff Act}]