Question

How was the executive approach towards addressing the Great Depression different amongst President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Roosevelt? Read p.101

President __________________ believed the states should provide their own plans for economic recovery, while President ________________ introduced a national plan to get the United States out of the Great Depression. For example

Answer 1

President Herbert Hoover believed the states should provide their own plans for economic recovery, while President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced a national plan to get the United States out of the Great Depression. For example:

- Hoover relied on voluntarism and state/local relief and avoided direct federal relief to individuals (he encouraged businesses and charitable organizations to maintain wages and gave limited federal aid through measures like the Reconstruction Finance Corporation).
- Roosevelt implemented the New Deal — a broad national program of federal relief, recovery, and reform — creating agencies and programs such as the CCC, WPA, TVA, FDIC, SEC, and Social Security to provide jobs, regulate finance, and offer direct assistance.