Hoover And Franklin D. Roosevelt: Two Different Leaders

Elvis Gov
10 Nov. 2013
Hist. 12
Two Different Leaders
When a country is in a state of shock by a natural disaster or an economy struggle, they usually look for help to one person and one person only. The president. Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt were the presidents that people were looking for guidance when the stock market crashed, causing “The Great Depression.” These were the two presidents who witnessed the start and fall of the Great Depression. As they were in presidency, they had different ideas and approached the Great Depression in different ways. Hoover was more conservative and he believed helping everyone in the economy would make the nation look weak. Roosevelt on the other hand, wanted to help out everyone by providing
Roosevelt, all eyes turned to him as a new guidance. Unlike Hoover, Roosevelt had plans and laws to try and restore America’s economy during the Great Depression. During his acceptance speech he promised to the public: “I pledge you, I pledge myself, a new deal for the American people" (Franklin D. Roosevelt). Roosevelt would soon then introduce to the public “The New Deal”. The New Deal was a set of programs to help relieve the Great Depression and to try to resolve the issue that it was causing to the public. One of those programs was creating jobs for them. Roosevelt saw the unemployment rate sky rocket as people were homeless out on the streets. He created public jobs for people to make, such as: highways, bridges, hospitals, schools, libraries, airports, post offices, theaters, and parks all across America to decrease unemployment rates. Another solution to help deal with the Great Depression was Roosevelt declaring a four day “bank holiday”. He explained the use of the bank holiday in his fireside chat and why it exists. It exists to relieve chaos to the public and explain that banks will now not be invested in stocks with their money deposits. He asks for the people’s cooperation and to stay calm as he is finding more solutions to end the Great Depression. Last but not least, Roosevelt’s plan for senior citizens. Roosevelt introduced the Social Security Act and made a speech to congress stating that the government
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