GRWS 14:3
Answer in complete sentences in spiral using pages 478 - 483.
1. What did President Hoover try to do after the stock market crash of October 1929?
2. How was President Hoover’s position on the economy different from many experts
belief?
3. What role did Hoover believe the government should and should not take with competing
groups and interests in society?
4. Define “rugged individualism”.
5. Did Hoover believe in offering federal welfare (direct relief) to Americans? Why?
6. How did American’s respond to Hoover’s beliefs once the Great Depression hit?
7. What was the outcome of Hoover’s calling together key leaders from different fields of
business, banking & labor? Provide 2 reasons why the outcome was such.
8. Provide arguments of how Hoover Dam helped during the Great Depression.
9. Provide the argument of how Hoover Dam was not a proposed solution by Hoover to
help the Great Depression.
10. List 2 actions taken by frustrated farmers to express their anger over the depression and
lack of gov. help.
11. Explain how terms like “Hoovervilles”, “Hoover Blankets” and “Hoover Flags” were
meant to be insults to President Hoover.
12. What was Hoover’s Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
13. What argument was made by the critics about the RFC?
14. What was the Patman Bill that the Bonus Army supported?
15. How did Hoover view the members of the Bonus Army?
16. Draw a flowchart indicating how the events unfolded with the Bonus Army after
Congress voted down the Patman Bill. (3-4 events)
17. How did Hoover’s image and chance of reelection get damaged as a result of the federal
government’s actions against the Bonus Army?
18. In your opinion, to what extent can Hoover be blamed for the hardships and suffering of
the Great Depression. Answer in a JANE Schaeffer history format of:
- Topic Sentence
- 3 Concrete Details
- 1 Commentary