How did Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt diff er in their attempts to

respond to the Great Depression?

AWhile Hoover felt that aid should be supplied directly to the people,

Roosevelt felt that government should only try to stabilize the

corporations and banks.

BWhile Roosevelt felt that aid should be supplied directly to the

people, Hoover felt that government should only try to stabilize the

corporations and banks.

CHoover’s reforms focused on providing aid to farmers, while

Roosevelt focused on industrial workers.

DHoover supported the nationalization of banks, while Roosevelt

called for the redistribution of wealth through taxation.

ERoosevelt believed that the Depression should be corrected by

voluntary self-regulation in business, while Hoover advocated heavy

government regulation.