The unpopularity of Hoover and the election of Roosevelt.
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- Created on: 22-05-14 20:14
The unpopularity of Hoover and the election of Roosevelt.
- Hoover was blamed for the Depression most unfairly.
- He had difficulty understanding the extent of the crisis and the help needed.
- He had been elected by the Republican governement to keep policies of lassaiz faire and rugged individualism.
- Now in power Hoover fould it difficult to change his policies to suit the deepening depression.
- His term of office was dominated by the Depression and he was blamed for not intervening directly on a large scale even though he did more than any other previous president.
- He expanded government lending and encouraged public work schemes.
- He could not bring himself to consider more direct action.
- He could not abandon the principles of self help and voluntary cooperation.
- He continued to believe that the economy had to right itself.
- Historians have recently been more…
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