Because he put the blame on them for what was wrong with Germany at the time.
William II, German Wilhelm II<span>, in full Friedrich </span>Wilhelm<span> Viktor Albert, (born January 27, 1859, Potsdam, near Berlin [Germany]—died June 4, 1941, </span>Doorn<span>, Netherlands), German emperor (kaiser) and king of Prussia from 1888 to the end of World War I in 1918.
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In June 1930, Smoot-Hawley raised already high U.S. tariffs on foreign agricultural imports. The purpose was to support U.S. farmers who had been ravaged by the Depression. Instead, it raised food prices. It also compelled other countries to retaliate with their own tariffs. (Hopefully that helps)!
They were journalists who were very important during the progressive era. They often exposed big businesses for unsafe/unsanitary working conditions or problems facing america
