Practice - Decline in International Trade
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Practice Questions
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What is protectionism?
💡 Hint: Think about how countries might try to safeguard their own businesses.
What do tariffs do?
💡 Hint: They make foreign goods more expensive for consumers.
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What was a major effect of protectionism during the Great Depression?
💡 Hint: Consider the economic policies that countries were implementing.
True or False: Tariffs were primarily intended to increase international commerce.
💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of tariffs.
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Evaluate how the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 exemplifies the failures of protectionism during the Great Depression.
💡 Hint: Consider both direct effects on trade and the international response.
Propose alternative strategies that countries could have employed instead of implementing protectionist policies during the Great Depression.
💡 Hint: Think broadly about economic policies that encourage trade rather than restrict it.
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