The New Deal

Hoover’s Response

• hoover was prez during great depression

• helped with the wwi war effort

• opposed federal relief efforts

  • rugged individualism - belief that individuals should be self-reliant and independent, and that the government should not interfere in their lives

    • Hawley-Smoot Tariff

as GD worsened and calls for a strong regulatory system rinceased, he insisted a few farm assistance