Economic problems during the Great Depression were compounded in 1930 when the U.S. Congress passed the ________, aimed at avoiding rising unemployment by protecting domestic industries and diverting consumer demand away from foreign products.

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Economic problems were compounded in 1930 when the U.S. Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley tariff. Aimed at avoiding rising unemployment by protecting domestic industries and diverting consumer demand away from foreign products, the Smoot-Hawley Act erected an enormous wall of tariff barriers.

Economic Problems During the Great Depression Were Compounded in 1930