Hoover

what policy did Hoover and the Republicans believe in which made him reluctant to do anything to ease the depression?

laissez faire

what was the name of the policy which Hoover believed it which suggested that every person should be able to solve their own problems?

rugged individualism

what was the name of the organisation? Which Hoover set up to lend money to businesses and farmers who were in trouble?

reconstruction finance corperation

What are the large project? Did Hoover introduced to create jobs?

hoover dam

what was the name of the tariff which Hoover introduced on foreign goods which led other countries to place higher tariffs on American goods?

hawley smoot

what was the name of the group of veterans from the First World War who set up a Hooverville in Washington in the summer of 1932 and demanded their pensions early?

bonus army

how many veterans were made up in this group?

25,000

what did the army use on protesters?

tear gas

What did Hoover do to taxes during the depression?

cut them

in 1932 Hoover made $300 million available to states to help the unemployed but many states did not take it because they didn’t want central government involved in their state affairs. How much money ended up being spent?

30 million