Answer:
The Smoot-Hawley Act increased tariffs on foreign imports to the U.S. by about 20%. At least 25 countries responded by increasing their own tariffs on American goods. Global trade plummeted, contributing to the ill effects of the Great Depression.
Explanation:
Senate, and the house of representatives
The slave states that did not secede and join the confederacy were called "border states", which were incredibly important for the North, since they provided a "buffer" between the far more hostile Southern states.
