Question

What was Herbert Hoover’s general response to the Great Depression?

Question 7 options:

To authorize federal loans to assist individual families

To not interfere and let the market correct itself

To enact legislation to regulate banks

To intervene through the creation of public works programs

Answer 1

To not interfere and let the market correct itself.

Hoover favored limited federal intervention, volunteerism, and reliance on state/local relief and business, rather than direct federal aid to individuals (though he did back some public works and loan programs later).