The hawley-smoot tariff act passed in january. the act was passed by congress the start of the great depression. the purpose of the act was to purchases of domestic goods.

The correct answer is "The act was passed by Congress at the start of the Great Depression."

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff was passed in June of 1930. This was very shortly after the Great Depression started. The goal in passing this legislation was to increase tariffs on imported goods. The goal of this was to increase prices of foreign goods. The US government hoped that this would encourage citizens to buy goods from American businesses.