How did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act contribute to the Great Depression?

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff raised taxes on imported goods, making them more expensive in the United States. Other countries responded with tariffs of their own, which reduced their purchases of American products and worsened the decline in international trade. This matches the choice that foreign countries refused to buy American goods due to the act.

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