When businesses began to fail the government created the Smoot-Hawley Tariff in 1930 to help protect American companies. ... Even though there was mass economic and personal loss the government did make attempts to bring an end to the depression. In the beginning the U.S. government seemed caught off guard by the trickling effect of the depression. ... Hoover founded government agencies, encouraged labor harmony, supported local aid for public works, fostered cooperation between government and business in order to stabilize prices, and struggle to balance the budget. As the depression wo...

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World War I, a war fought to "destroy the axis of evil" and to resolve conflicts between belligerent countries, brought nothing but turmoil and numerous dilemmas to the warring nations; politically and economically. Immediately after the war, many people thought the war had made a safe environment f...

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