Objectives:

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Objectives
Section 3 Hoovers Policies

• Why did President Hoover oppose
  government-sponsored direct relief for
  individuals during the Great Depression?
• How did the Hoover administration attempt to
  solve the depressions economic problems, and how
  successful were these efforts?
• How did radicals and veterans respond to Hoovers
  policies?
• Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt such a popular
  candidate in the 1932 election?

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Hoovers opposition to government relief during
the Great Depression
Section 3 Hoovers Policies

• Rugged Individualism President Hoover believed
  that individuals and businesses should be
  self-reliant, and that if the government helped
  them, it would create a bureaucracy.
• This is the philosophy guiding Hoovers policies
  regarding the Depression
• Volunteerism and rebuild industry

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Hoovers attempts to solve economic problems
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• Public-works programs such as building Boulder
  Dam failed to relieve entrenched depression.
• The Federal Farm Board, which made loans,
  established cooperatives, and bought surplus
  goods, avoided some foreclosures, but failed to
  end the farm crisis.
• The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which
  loaned taxpayer money to stabilize industries,
  helped some companies avoid bankruptcy but used
  money for businesses, not people.

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The Political Spectrum What is the role of
government in the lives of citizens?

• Liberals tend to
• Favor public sector solutions to economic
  problems
• Favor equality over liberty
• Are willing to pay higher taxes, particularly for
  the rich
• Are more accepting of change

• Conservatives tend to
• Favor private sector solutions to problems
• Favor liberty over equality
• Oppose higher taxes on any group
• Are more resistant to change

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The political spectrum
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Radical response to Hoovers policies
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• Extreme problems make extreme solutions more
  popular (Remember the political spectrum)
• staged protests
• became involved legally
• Veterans response
• gathered in Washington D.C. to demand payment of
  their pension bonuses

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Reasons for Roosevelts popularity
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• Roosevelts optimism and enthusiasm contrasted
  with Hoovers gloom.
• As governor of New York, Roosevelt had designed
  new relief programs.
• The Party of Prosperity (Republicans) lost the
  bread and butter issues Federal help for
  distressed populations

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Economic-The philosophy behind the creation of
goods services

• Private Sector
• Individuals (investors business owners) control
  the creation exchange of goods services.
• The free enterprise system is based on
  competition profit.
• Philosophy-Capitalism
• Charity

• Public Sector
• Government controls the exchange of goods
  services.
• Examples of public services Public Schools,
  Water Authorities, Post Offices, Military.
• Based on public need.
• Philosophy- Socialism
• Welfare