The correct answer is D) The tariffs created an escalating trade war.
The other options of the question were A) The tariffs led to an overproduction of food. B) The tariffs caused risky fluctuations in the market. C) The tariffs allowed American businesses to recover.
After the stock market crashed, Congress put tariffs on imported goods. The effect of these tariffs was that the tariffs created an escalating trade war.
The Great Depression in the United States started after the US market crashed on October 29, 1929. This event produced the worst economic situation in America, affecting thousands of people that lost their jobs, many companies had to close and banks went into bankruptcy. President Hoover did not do so much to help the poor during the crises. It was President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he got to power, the one who developed the New Deal, a series of federal programs designed to help the poor US citizens.