Question

The impact of the Fordney-McCumber and Hawley-Smoot Tariff s could
be best described as
(A) upsetting the balance of trade among European nations
(B) crippling Europe’s ability to pay off its war debts and damaging
American industry
(C) illustrating America’s willingness to disarm following the First World
War
(D) illustrating America’s fear of leftist immigrants following the Red
Scare
(E) greatly benefi ting midwestern farmers during the 1920s

Answer 1

One impact of the Fordney-McCumber and Hawley-Smoot Tariff s could be best described as "(B) crippling Europe’s ability to pay off its war debts and damaging American industry," since most economists agree that these acts far worsened the Great Depression.