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The Great Depression Begins, 1929–1932

Lesson 3 Hoover's Response to the Depression

Review Questions: Recording Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Statements
DIRECTIONS: Read each main idea and answer the questions below. Refer to your
textbook to write the answers.

A. Main Idea: President Hoover tried to promote recovery with public works projects and
urging businesses not to reduce wages.

1. Why did Hoover believe the government should not step in to help individuals?
Hoover was a big supporter of American individualism, wherein the government
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doesn't interfere with the economy at all.
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2. What did he think contributed to Europe’s slow recovery?

Hoover believed that it was many European countries' transition to socialism after
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WWI that contributed.
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3. How did Hoover hope to rescue banks?

Hoover created the National Credit Corporation to give money to banks to pay for

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loans.
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4. Why did Congress pass the Emergency Relief and Construction Act?
Because the government was running out of money, and private charities couldn't
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handle it
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B. Main Idea: By 1931 people were protesting against economic conditions and demanding
government help.

1. Who organized hunger marches in 1931?

The American Communist Party
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2. Why did farmers burn their crops?

Either to make more demand for their crops by cutting the supply, or simply using
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them to warm their homes.
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3. What did the Bonus Army want?

The Bonus Army wanted the $1,000 bonus that was promised to them in the early
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1930s
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The Great Depression Begins, 1929–1932

4. How was President Hoover’s image tarnished?

Because of the Depression and the way he handled the Bonus Army, no one
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wanted to vote for him.
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Summary and Reflection

DIRECTIONS: Summarize the main ideas of this lesson by answering the question below.
What was the public mood concerning the economy at the beginning of the 1930s?

The public believed that the economy was likely not going to get better. Though the
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government tried its best to stimulate the economy by creating construction jobs and
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giving banks more money for loans, these things did not have a big impact and simply
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didn't affect enough people for the economy to return to a good state. People began to
resort to breaking into and looting grocery stores and doing marches to protest their
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situation, and farmers began burning their crops to cut the supply, increasing demand.
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But no matter what they would try to do, the economy would simply not get better for
years on end.

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