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Comparing the Reaction of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert vacuum-clean to the bully mental pictureThe year was 1929. America goes through the biggest national crisis since the American Civil War. They called it the Great Depression. The Stock Market was going down, unemployment was going up, and cash was becoming scarce. The United States had to look up to the one person who could campaign the country proscribed of this national catastrophe, The President. At this time the man who had that human action was none other than Herbert vacuum. make clean, A republican, hoped that this was all a nightmare, he hoped that the Depression was a small fluke that would fix itself after a utterly period of time. After seeing that the Depression was getting worse had to function federal official relief efforts. At the end of his term a democrat, Franklin Roosevelt, took his rear end and tried to fulfill his campaign promises by getting the country out of the Depression.At first Hoover opposed any relief efforts, provided as the Depression worsened, he started a fewer farm assistant programs. Hoover hoped that theses farm programs would help the farmers situation with the low crop prices. regrettably farmers had to come dependent on this government handout. Hoover also started federal work projects such as the Grand Coulee Dam and the Hoover Dam. These projects provided many jobs for people and provided affordable hydroelectric power for people but the Great Depression was a much bigger problem than a few extra job openings could fix. Hoping that raising tariffs could help American business Hoover created the Hawley-Smoot Tarrif. This actually worsened economy and caused lower export rates. One of Hoovers big mistakes was that he wouldnt go off the metal(prenominal) standard. Hoov... ...y dismiss the program and start a different program in it place. Hoover on the other hand trusted to wait and think. He wanted to make sure that the program s that he provided money for wouldnt be a waste and would definitely work. Hoover didnt want to overleap anymore money than he had to. Hoover really didnt want to raise the national debt no effect what. Roosevelt did whatever it took no matter what the cost. Money was no object to Hoover, as long as he thought that program or agency could have a calamity of getting them through the Depression he took a gamble on it and raised the national debt. Hoover made sure that there was plenty hard money to back up the paper money in America while Roosevelt played it risky and printed extra money. Hoover and Roosevelts policies were extremely dissimilar and they each viewed relief from the Depression very differently.