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Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act: History, Culture, Politics & Measurement

The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, was a protectionist trade measure signed into law in the United States by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930. Named after its chief congressional sponsors, Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawley, the act raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods in an effort to…

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Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Culture, Politics and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act.

Related topics
81
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
90
Extracted relationships
6
Related term clusters
39
Bridge connections
90

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Sponsors and legislative history · 22 topics
Ensuing political dialogue · 12 topics
Opponents · 12 topics
Overview · 8 topics
After enactment · 7 topics
End of tariffs · 6 topics
Retaliation · 6 topics
Convict-made goods · 5 topics
In popular culture · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Enacted by
the 71st United States Congress
Long title
An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes
Nicknames
Hawley–Smoot Tariff, Smoot–Hawley Tariff
Public law
Pub. L. 71–361
Statutes at Large
ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590
U.S.C. sections created
589

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Overview

Sponsors and legislative history

Opponents

Retaliation

After enactment

End of tariffs

Ensuing political dialogue

Convict-made goods

In popular culture

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How Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act connects Entity context

The extracted context around Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → the 71st United States Congress Another extracted example is Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act

Top relations

Enacted by · 1
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → the 71st United States Congress
Long title · 1
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes
Nicknames · 1
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → Hawley–Smoot Tariff, Smoot–Hawley Tariff
Public law · 1
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → Pub. L. 71–361
Statutes at Large · 1
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590
U.S.C. sections created · 1
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → 589

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Important terminology

tariff tariffs act states hawley united smoot trade 1929 house bill 1930 hoover president depression american imports passed 1932 exports

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 6 structured relationships around Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act. Examples in this analysis include Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → Enacted by → the 71st United States Congress and Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act → Long title → An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Smoot–Hawley Tariff ActEnacted bythe 71st United States Congress1.00infobox
Smoot–Hawley Tariff ActLong titleAn Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes1.00infobox
Smoot–Hawley Tariff ActNicknamesHawley–Smoot Tariff, Smoot–Hawley Tariff1.00infobox
Smoot–Hawley Tariff ActPublic lawPub. L. 71–3611.00infobox
Smoot–Hawley Tariff ActStatutes at Largech. 497, 46 Stat. 5901.00infobox
Smoot–Hawley Tariff ActU.S.C. sections created5891.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Hawley, Smoot and Tariff. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
    • Hawley
    • Smoot
    • Tariff
    • United
    • States
    • Tariffs
    • History
    • Law
    • Levels
    • Imports
    • House
    • Passed
  • smoot–hawley tariff act
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    • Tariff
    • United
    • States
    • Dutiable
    • History
    • Tariffs
    • Foreign
    • Goods
    • Trade
    • President
  • united states
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    • Tariff
    • History
    • Great
    • Levels
    • Foreign
    • Hoover
    • Tariffs
    • Dutiable
    • Rates
    • Industries
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    • Tariff
    • United
    • States
    • Tariffs
    • History
    • Law
    • Levels
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    • Dutiable
    • Rates
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  • willis c. hawley
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    • Tariff
    • United
    • States
    • Tariffs
    • History
    • Law
    • Levels
    • Foreign
    • American
    • Hoover
    • Senate
  • reciprocal tariff act
    • Hawley
    • Tariff
    • Smoot
    • United
    • States
    • Dutiable
    • History
    • Tariffs
    • Foreign
    • Goods
    • Trade
    • President
  • geneva world economic conference (1927)
    • Passed
    • House
    • Conference
    • Economic
    • Canada
    • Economists
    • Great
    • Levels
    • Rates
    • Foreign
    • Global
    • Rate
  • history of the united states republican party
    • United
    • Tariff
    • Smoot
    • History
    • States
    • Great
    • Levels
    • Foreign
    • Hoover
    • Tariffs
    • Industries
    • Law

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act with Sponsors and legislative history. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — Sponsors and legislative history · splits 68 ⟂ 23
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — Opponents · splits 78 ⟂ 13
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — Ensuing political dialogue · splits 78 ⟂ 13
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — Overview · splits 82 ⟂ 9
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — After enactment · splits 83 ⟂ 8
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — Retaliation · splits 84 ⟂ 7
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — End of tariffs · splits 84 ⟂ 7
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — Convict-made goods · splits 85 ⟂ 6
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act — In popular culture · splits 87 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples6
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Culture, Politics & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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