THE GREAT DEPRESSION BEGINS
Chapter 21, Section 3 Review – Hoover as President
Herbert Hoover’s Philosophy (Page 688)
What did Herbert Hoover perceive to be the role of government as it relates to business?
In Hoover’s view, what harm would result from unnecessary involvement on the part of government?
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How did Hoover refer to his understanding that people possessed a power
and a responsibility to govern themselves?
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What monumental effort served as an example of Hoover’s vision of what he
called the associative state?
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How did this project successfully represent what Hoover referred to as the associative state?
Hoover’s Response to the Great Depression (Page 689 – 690)
In Hoover’s mind, what role should government play in helping those in need?
What did Hoover like about farm cooperatives that persuaded him to support them and even offer them government loans?
In seeking cooperation from businesses following the Crash, what argument did Hoover use in attempt to persuade them
not to lay off workers or reduce wages?
How did most businesses respond to Hoover’s suggestion?
How did Hoover at least partially break from his concept of a limited role for government with his support of the RFC, etc.?
What was the objective behind the passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
How did it backfire?
The Nation Responds to Hoover (Page 690 – 691; 687)
Why did President Hoover seem out of touch or unsympathetic to many suffering Americans (what did he keep saying)?
(focus on. . . The president loses favor)
Why were some Americans dissatisfied with Hoover’s “bailout” policies (who did he bail out)?
From page 687, identify the Bonus Marchers as well as their objective for going to Washington in 1932?
Why did Hoover oppose the request of the Bonus Marchers?
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How did Hoover attempt to balance the budget in 1932?
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Why did this policy seem unfair and unrealistic to many Americans?
Describe the expulsion of the Bonus Army.
How did many Americans perceive these events (the Bonus Army expulsion)?
What indication was there to suggest that Americans were dissatisfied with Republican policies in the fall of 1930 (focus
on November, 1930)?
What foregone conclusion was there regarding the outcome of the 1932 presidential election?
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