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Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different

Most historians look back on the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs Act of 1930 as a mistake that made a bad economic climate much worse.

FILE – Thousands of unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland during the Great Depression, after some 2,000 jobs were made available for park improvements and repairs, Oct. 9, 1930. (AP Photo, File)
FILE – Thousands of unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland during the Great Depression, after some 2,000 jobs were made available for park improvements and repairs, Oct. 9, 1930. (AP Photo, File)
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Most historians say the Smoot-Hawley Tariffs Act of 1930 made a bad economic climate much worse.

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