Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves. quote by hoover.
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After the stock market crashed and the great depression began, President Hoover said that the crisis of the great depression would end, but that was not true. Homeless people rates began to rise, UNEMPLOYMENT rates began to rise, and people were suffering. Click on the links below to learn more about hoover and the great depression.
1) https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/new-deal/resources/herbert-hoover-great-depression-and-new-deal-1931%E2%80%931933
This first link is a overview of herbert hoover, then president of the united states, view on the great depression, which happened just eight months after he began his term. tHIS IS A reliable link from the gilder lehrman institute of american history which specializes on events such as the great depression. This page is reliable for many reasons, first, it is a credited organization and it ends with .org meaning it is a non profit organization and they do not benefit from this, there are no ads on the page, it is a simple and easy site to use.
2) http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression
this link is very reliable because it is from history.com and that is owned by the history channel which is known world wide as being credited and very reliable. this contains information not only about hoover's view but many aspects of the great depression.
3) http://mises.org/rothbard/agd/chapter8.asp
This is a very time consuming but interesting link. once again it ends with .org and it belongs to an educational institute in austria therefore we know it is reliable. this is a very long read but it is very interesting and contains a lot of information about hoover and his administration during the great depression. this is long because it is a chapter of a book but it contains worthwhile knowledge.
4) http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit9_7.pdf
This is chapter 7 of digital history's textbook. it ends with .edu and is reliable. this contains useful information about hoover and what he did to try and stop the great depression under his term.
5) http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/HooversEconomicPolicies.html
Compared to the other links, this is a much more advanced read as it contains demographics and many advanced economic terms but it provides a complete overview of the great depression and it includes graphs and images.
The following is a preview of what you will see in the sites above
ABove. propaganda posters mocking hoover. hard times are still hoovering.
A presidential advertisement favoring president hoover (LEFT)
Hoover during his term (ABOVE)
Hoover during his term (ABOVE)