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Like many politicians around the world, Hoover was caught out by the Great Depression in the 1930s, and wasn't able to radically respond to it or offer any solutions. Homeless workers were said to live in "Hoovervilles" - camps without work, and without hope, so his name became a by-word for ineffectual government.

Roosevelt had radical plans, and was elected because he offered a way out of the Depression. When his plans worked he gained more support. Later (1941-45) he was the leader of a nation at war, and his leadership was seen to be uniting a nation in danger. As he died on the eve of victory in the war his reputation remained intact - like Kennedy, he died when at the height of his popularity and didn't have to 'suffer' though a period where he may have made errors, or may have not have been so relevant and so popular.

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