Comparison Of Hoover And Roosevelt's Policies During The Great Depression

The Great Depression is the biggest economic crisis the World has ever seen. Many historical accounts often neglect the fact that the United States was not the only country in crisis during the Great Depression. Most of the World was affected by the great depression, which came about after the first World War. The Great depression was caused by a number of things,but the largest reason that it lasted so long was because of the president at the time. Herbert Hoover. In Opposite of Hoover was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the man who the American public saw as their saviour and as the one who singlehandedly led them out of the depression. This paper is going to compare and contrast Hoover and Roosevelt's policies in an attempt to explain why one

One of his excuses was “ These shocks have in a large sense come from without our borders” meaning that it was some external country that plunged us into the great depression. Even though this was at least partially true, the American people didn't see it that way, and blamed hoover for most of their problems. This is painfully evident in the names of the “Slums” that formed as a result of the depression, commonly known as Hoovervilles. The Public was further outraged by Hoover and his plan to bring america back from the Great Depression. Hoover's plan was essentially a hands off approach, His party believed the country would fix itself given enough time. This plan and Roosevelt's “New Deal” led to Roosevelt when the election in a landslide

In today's time, we understand the government is necessary, but in the 1930’s america had never had such an extensive and involved government. This went against That many Americans believed in, but many saw it as a necessary evil that they would have to deal with to bring America back into its prosperous age. Roosevelt is commonly credited with starting the Democratic party’s want for larger and more centralized governments. One asset that came with roosevelt's new deal, and his larger government were organizations. There were over 20 3-Letters, many of which are still around today, and many were absolutely essential to the America we live in now; One of these, and especially living in North Carolina was absolutely essential to the rural people in the state. This 3-Letter placed down electric poles, the very same ones we see all around today were placed during roosevelt's time, in an effort to get energy to farms (ENTER FARM STATISTIC HERE). To this we owe