Explanation and Answer:
A pope against any form of real reform could do the Counter-Reformation much harm. Paul III (pope from 1534 to 1549) was born Alexander Farnese and sympathized with the reform movement mainly because he feared that the spread of Protestantism would greatly weaken Papal authority.
This is true.
It backfired however since it not only ruined importing but exporting as well since people made their own tariffs then in other countries. This was the second highest set of tariffs in United States history and in actuality it just made the great depression worse than it was previously because it almost ruined the economy.
