Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Hawley–Smoot Tariff Act • United States Tariff Act
Date	June 17, 1930
Location	United States
Context	Reed Smoot • Willis Hawley

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U.S. Rep. Willis C. Hawley and Sen. Reed Smoot

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Herbert Hoover, 1928

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