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He set up the Reconstruction Finance Corp. to bring federal aid to hard pressed banks and businesses. Just as it seemed that this might work and that recovery was at hand, in the winter of 1932-33 the banking system in America went into a tailspin. On March 4, 1933, the American banking system ground to a complete halt.

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Hoover felt the Depression was just part of the Free Enterprise system at work and the economy would eventually straighten itself out. He did not believe that government should take an active role in providing direct relief to those out of work, or to the local and state governments.

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He developed the boulder Dam project and helped farmers with the federal farm board and the national credit corporation. He raised the prices farmers received for their crops, and Hoover also created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

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hello...? that was like 40 years ago. who cares?

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