9.3 Hoover Responds to the Depression

Main Idea: President Hoover tried to promote recovery with public works projects and urging businesses not to reduce wages.

Why did Hoover believe the government should not step in to help individuals?

• He believed there were enough church charities to help people through until the economy recovered

• He believed that American rugged individualism would keep the economy moving

• He believed only big business could lead the way out of the Depression

• He believed that aid from foreign countries would bolster individuals

Main Idea: President Hoover tried to promote recovery with public works projects and urging businesses not to reduce wages.

What did he think contributed to Europe’s slow recovery?

• adoption of capitalism

• adoption of socialism

• adoption of communism

• adoption of theocracies

Main Idea: President Hoover tried to promote recovery with public works projects and urging businesses not to reduce wages.

How did Hoover hope to rescue banks?

• by setting up business accounts and making industries invest in banks

• by setting up new stricter regulations

• by bringing debtors to court and making them pay

• by setting up a credit corporation to allow banks to continue lending money

Main Idea: President Hoover tried to promote recovery with public works projects and urging businesses not to reduce wages.

Why did Congress pass the Emergency Relief and Construction Act?

• to provide direct relief to the poor

• to provide direct relief to the banks so they would help the poor

• to provide direct relief to companies so they would hire more workers and create jobs

• to provide direct relief to the states to give to the poor

Main Idea: By 1931 people were protesting against economic conditions and demanding government help.

Who organized hunger marches in 1931?

• The American's Against Food Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Republican Party

• The American Communist Party

Main Idea: By 1931 people were protesting against economic conditions and demanding government help.

Why did farmers burn their crops?

• to protest evictions from their land

• to get Congress's attention for their plight

• to reduce the supply and raise the price of farm goods

• to make room for shantytowns

Main Idea: By 1931 people were protesting against economic conditions and demanding government help.

What did the Bonus Army want?

• they wanted to Congress to pass a bill to create jobs specifically for veterans

• they wanted the President and Congress to pass a bill for housing for veterans

• they wanted Congress to pass a bill authorizing payment of bonuses to veterans of WWI

• they wanted Congress to pass a bill authorizing land grants to veterans of WWI so they could raise their own food

Main Idea: By 1931 people were protesting against economic conditions and demanding government help.

How was President Hoover’s image tarnished?

• clearing the Bonus Army's camps and the lingering economic depression

• the hobos riding the rails and shantytowns

• Hoovervilles and soup kitchens increased

• attacking the Bonus Army's camps and Prohibition

All of the following are examples of the public's mood concerning the economy at the beginning of the 1930s except:

• people were afraid and had no confidence in the economy

• people were reassured that the economy would recover quickly because the government took an aggressive role in fixing the economy

• the people's fear turned to anger aimed at the lack of response by the government

• people felt the need to protest to try to get the government to act more aggressively toward helping the economy

While the Democratic Party donkey marches outside singing old songs, Hoover tries to deal with economic problems caused by high tariffs, depression, and drought.

How are Hoover & the Democrats portrayed in the cartoon?

• Hoover is seen as a caring parent trying to make the economy better; Democrats are seen as supportive partners to the Hoover administration

• Hoover is shown as a nursemaid trying to quiet the babies (problems) his administration faces; Democrats are singing loudly about the problems but not offering new solutions

• Hoover is seen as a neglectful parent, uncaring about the babies (problems) in his administration; Democrats are seen as being shut out of helping find solutions to the problems