How did high tariffs placed by the United States during the Great Depression backfire?

a
They made American products too expensive for Americans to buy
b
Other nations also raised tariffs, reducing international trade for everyone
c
They led to a shortage of foreign workers in American factories
d
They caused inflation to rise dramatically in America

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b

High U.S. tariffs (notably the Smoot–Hawley Tariff of 1930) prompted retaliatory tariffs from other countries, collapsing international trade and deepening the global economic downturn.