Question

According to each President(Hoover and Roosevelt, and the Great Depression), who could best bring about social and economic change?

Answer 1

Hoover: Herbert Hoover believed the nation would continue to prosper. he opposed regulating business, but supported business through tariff policies, a balanced budget, and the promotion of scientific research and foreign trade. He believed that a good education and a government protecting individual liberties makes it possible for everyone to succeed. Hoover trusted voluntary organizations to meet the needs of the poor and help them become self-supporting. Eight months after Hoover’s inauguration, the economy collapsed.

Answer 2

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: He believed that that the nation’s economic woes were the result of too much influence by a small group of wealthy men motivated by selfish goals. After the 1934 election, Roosevelt worked to extend New Deal reforms through measures
designed to provide more benefits to the “forgotten man.” Extensive public works projects,
the Social Security Act, increased income taxes on the wealthy, and several programs intended to help farmers, laborers, and the unemployed made up the Second New Deal