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If I recall my history right, the 1929 stock market collapse precipitated the Great Depression, and the tariffs were a (misguided) attempt at trying to set the economy straight.
Ferris bueller kinda called this one.
The bueller... bueller... bueller bit is preceded by ben stein explaining the Hadley snoot tariffs to a visibly bored and distracted classroom.
From Smoot-Hawley to Bueller-Trumpy.