Presidential Responses to
the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Response to the Great Depression
Response to the Great Depression
1) Believes in Laissez-Faire economics
- (______________)
2) However, Hoover does try 3 important
actions to end the depression
1._________taxes
2._________tarrif
3. The Hoover Dam
The New Deal (for America)
1)Tries to solve the bank crisis by shutting
down _______ to find which were healthy
enough
a) The FDIC might prevent further bank
runs because it
______________________________
______________________
3)One chief blunder was the problem of
World War I veterans known as The____________________
2) s__________ s____________- attempts to
ensure that people can retire and have an
income
4)Another stance that hurt his popularity with
the people was his refusal to repeal
_________________(the 18th amendment)
3) Work Programs- a dignified way to earn a
paycheck
a)WPAb)CCCc)TVA-