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Herbert Hoover was a president who believed in the power of reason, and a humanitarian. He thought that he should make sure that groups and interests were cooperating. If there was a problem in a business with another business government should step in and help them. Americans also thought that they should not get help if they blow it themselves like rugged individualism. Hoover opposed any welfare or relief to those in need he believed handouts would weaken peoples self respect. Hoover rejected the idea of direct government aid. He encouraged volunteering which ended up not helping.
Cautious steps are how Hoover approached the depression. Once the depression hit Hoover called together bankers, and farmers. He told them to try to come up with a solution and not make it worse. He asked employers to not fire people or cut wages, and he asked labor leaders not to go on strike and make demands for higher wages. He made a special organization to help the poor. Nothing said above helped after a year there were still people losing jobs, soup kitchens opened, businesses going out of business. Hobos roamed and Shanty towns came in every city. The Hoover dam was built and that made people a lot of money but didn’t stop the depression. Federal farm board was created to help farmers help themselves get out of the slump of the depression. They reduced farmer’s expenses to help them by materials in bulk to try and stop the depression. Reconstruction finance cooperation tried helping troubled banks, insurance companies and rail roads.
I think that Hoover isn’t the one to blame for the depression he just happened to be the president at that time. He probably could have done more things to try and stop it but still it wasn’t all his fault.
1.http://enlearn.eastnoble.net/lcummings1/US%20History%20B%20Do
cuments/Hoover22.%E2%80%9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover 9s%20Philosophy%20PP.pdf
3. textbook
4. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effect_did_Herbert_Hoover's_philosophy_of_government_have_on_the_federal_response_to_the_economic_crisis
Comments
Good but you are missing the causes.