One of the major initial and then ongoing problems in the Great Depression United States was finding buyers for American$-$made products and services. In short, demand did not meet supply. Nonetheless, Congress passed the Smoot$-$Hawley Tariff legislation in $1930.$ How, according to the textbook, did this legislation make the problems of demand and supply not improve for American business, industry, and agriculture?

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Countries responded in kind, raising import duties and thus making American$-$made goods too costly for Americans to purchase when they were abroad

Countries responded oddly. Most did not raise import duties. Thus American made goods should have had a competivie advantage in trade. Nevertheless, the economies outside of the Unied States were already in freefall and there was not enough demand for American goods.

Countries responded in kind, raising import duties and thus making American$-$made goods less expensive

Countries responded in kind, raising import duties and thus making American$-$made goods more expensive