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title: "What was the purpose of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff?"  
description: "What was the purpose of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff?"  
author: "valentine d'suja"  
published: 2018-04-03  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40591/what-was-the-purpose-of-the-fordney-mccumber-tariff  
category: "usa history"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the purpose of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff?

What was the [purpose](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51345/what-was-the-purpose-of-grandfather-clauses) of the Fordney-McCumber Tariff?


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