THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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have government take an active role in solving economic problems
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return to a policy of laissez-faire capitalism
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continue the domestic policies of the Hoover administration
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He promised recovery with a “New Deal” for the American people. Roosevelt won by a landslide in both the electoral and popular votes, carrying every state outside of the Northeast and receiving the highest percentage of the popular vote of any Democratic nominee up to that time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Roosevelt Administration was a time of great expansion of the Federal Government, including the formation of new Departments of Commerce and Labor; an addition of almost 150, 000, 000 acres of public lands as public conservation areas; new laws protecting the health of Americans; and regulating the drug industry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did voters support Franklin Roosevelt in the election of 1932? Roosevelt said he would create a welfare system to provide government relief to every family that needed it. He promised his administration would institute a new system of Social Security pensions for Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -What were the most important results of the New Deal? The New Deal established federal responsibility for the welfare of the U.S. economy and the American people.