Fordney–McCumber Tariff

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The Fordney–McCumber Tariff was a 1922 U.S. law that sharply raised import duties to protect American industry and agriculture during the post–World War I era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
tariff act
appliesTo imported goods into the United States
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
areaOfLaw customs law
trade law
classification economic legislation
contributedTo international trade tensions in the 1920s
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateEnacted 1922-09-21
effect increased average tariff rates
raised U.S. import duties
era Roaring Twenties
followedBy Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
surface form: Smoot–Hawley Tariff

Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
government United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
hasLanguage English
historicalContext Republican dominance in early 1920s U.S. politics
ideology economic protectionism
impactOn European exporters
U.S. farmers
U.S. manufacturers
legalStatus repealed
legislativeBody United States Congress
legislativeProcess United States House of Representatives
surface form: passed by U.S. House of Representatives

passed by U.S. Senate
locationOfEffect U.S. customs borders
namedAfter Joseph W. Fordney
Porter J. McCumber
partOf U.S. protectionist trade policy
presidentDuringEnactment Warren G. Harding
purpose protection of American agriculture
protection of American industry
regulates customs tariffs
import duties
repealedBy Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
surface form: Tariff Act of 1930
replaced Underwood Tariff Act
surface form: Underwood Tariff

Underwood Tariff Act
surface form: Underwood–Simmons Tariff
signedBy Warren G. Harding
startTime 1922
subjectOf U.S. political history studies
economic history research
timePeriod post–World War I era
topic U.S. trade policy in the 1920s
tariffs in the United States

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Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act replaced Fordney–McCumber Tariff
Warren G. Harding administration majorLegislation Fordney–McCumber Tariff
this entity surface form: Fordney–McCumber Tariff of 1922
United States tariff law historicalPredecessor Fordney–McCumber Tariff