Question

Herbert Hoover's solution to easing the Great Depression was primarily to A) lower foreign tariffs and thus increase foreign trade. B) provide no help at all for American citizens or businesses. C) provide bonus checks to all American citizens, paid for from the Federal Treasury. D) provide some federal help to bankers, but leave relief for the poor to private charities.

Answer 1

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Herbert Hoover's solution to easing the Great Depression was primarily to provide some federal help to bankers, but leave relief for the poor to private charities.

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Answer: Option "D."

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Answer 2

Option D i.e Provide some federal help to bankers, but leave relief for the poor poor to private charities is the correct answer.

Herbert Hoover provided some federal help to bankers in order to give loans to people. He created Reconstruction Finance Corporation to help to save the banking system.

He did not believe in direct federal aid to people as he believed it would make people lethargic and dependent on government. He created President's Organisation of Unemployment Relief which assisted the state and private relief agencies like Red Cross, Salvation Army, YMCA, and Community Chest etc to help the poor.