President Herbert Hoover initially responded to the Great Depression by promoting voluntary measures and encouraging businesses to maintain wages and employment levels. He established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932 to provide financial support to banks and industries, but his reliance on limited government intervention and his belief in self-reliance were largely criticized. Hoover's policies were seen as inadequate, leading to widespread suffering and ultimately contributing to his loss in the 1932 election. He maintained a belief that the economy would recover on its own, which many felt was too passive in the face of such a crisis.
Herbert Hoover was president from 1928 to 1932 and is generally blamed for the Depression, but the economic and social problems that led to the collapse of the stock market in October 1929 were fermenting during the presidencies of Harding and Coolidge. Generally speaking, Hoover was unfairly blamed for the depression.
President Herbert Hoover
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Herbert Hoover was President when the Great Depression began. Franklin Roosevelt was President when the Depression ended.
Herbert Hoover was president when it became obvious that the economy was in a depression.
Herbert Hoover had just become President in 1929 when the Great Depression began. His ineffective response led to his defeat by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Herbert C. Hoover was the President when the stock market crashed in October of 1929.
Former United States President Herbert Hoover was the do-nothing president, he disapproved of the "New Deal" that former President Franklin D. Roosevelt put up for the solution of the Great Depression, and wanted the people to solve the economic problem themselves.
Herbert Hoover was the president when the great crash hit Wall Street in 1929.