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What was the U.S. trying to protect when they put tariffs on imported farm products during the great depression?
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∙ 9y ago
They isolated countries' economies, drastically reducing international trade.
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They isolated countries' economies, drastically reducing international trade.
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∙ 7y agoThey isolated countries' economies, drastically reducing international trade.
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∙ 10y agocause we are a county who takes care of everyone.Or at least that's what we are lend o believe
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∙ 9y agoSuch tariffs are commonly used to protect a country's local production or manufacture; so in this case that would be to protect its local agricultural production.
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∙ 11y agoSince 1/4 of the entire workforce was unemployed, it was probably to discourage the purchase of goods that were not made by U. S. workers.
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What were protective tariffs in the American System?
Tax on imported goods from foreign countries to protect manufacturing.
How did hamilton plan to protect US merchants?
Hamilton planned to protect the US merchants by imposing high tariffs on imported goods. This in turned would cause Americans to buy goods made in the US.
Most tariffs are placed on?
imported goods such as trading and imports
How do high tariffs damage an economy?
In certain situations, throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, tariffs have always been a subject of nations' economic progress. Tariffs area tax on imported products and the US government has control over tariffs. When tariffs are abused it forces consumers to pay more for imported goods. This often times helps domestic companies which because of tariffs forces people to buy from them.There was a period of time in 19th century US, where the Southern populations was forced to buy goods from Northern factories, at a higher price than would otherwise be except for these "protective" tariffs. It also was a strain on the entire economy.
Which diagram shows how tariffs contributed to the Great Depression?
Tariffs were raised. CAUSED manufacturers' sales overseas declined
What does imposing tariffs mean?
A tariff is a tax paid on goods brought into a colony or country; tariffs protect internal production by raising the price of imported goods.
What government actions would violate the principles behind GATT and the WTO?
increasing tariffs on imported goods
Significance of the protective tariff?
Protective tariffs are used to protect domestic industries by imposing taxes on imported goods, making them more expensive and less competitive. They can help promote domestic production, protect jobs, and reduce dependence on foreign goods. However, they can also lead to higher prices for consumers and trade tensions between countries.
What were protective tariffs in the American System?
Tax on imported goods from foreign countries to protect manufacturing.
What policy was designed to protect local industries from foreign competition?
Tariffs increased the price of imported goods
Do tariffs affect consumers who purchase only domestically produced products?
Tariffs only directly affect imported goods, but they will indirectly affect domestically produced products because the demand for domestically produced products will increase as the price of imported goods increases. When the demand of domestically produced products increases, the price of these products can also increase.
High tariffs raise the prices of ________, making ________ more attractive to the consumer.?
imported goods; domestic products
What mercantilist policy was designed to protect local industries from foreign competition?
Tariffs increased the price of imported goods
What is the main primary tariffs of goods that are imported into the US?
what is primary tariffs of goods that are imported into the United States?
What is the purpose of tariffs placed on some imported goods?
To protect Northern factories pre-civil war, from going out of buissness.
Why did the US put tariffs on forgein goods?
Throughout US history and also on a world wide basis, tariffs are used most often to protect homeland industries from foreign competition. The US did this allot and in the antebellum days, tariffs were used to protect the US's manufacturing revolution safe by imposing tariffs on imported goods.
What Tariffs differ from taxes because tariffs are what?
Only collected on imported goods
