The Senate proposal for this bill emphasized rates for farm products, while the House version focused on manufactured goods.
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}]