How Did President Hoover Become President
The great depression was arguably one of the worst times for those who lived in America. The crippled economy forced families into poverty and unemployment was at the highest it ever was. Those who were able to keep their jobs suffered from wage cuts around 50% and those who lived in the mid-west were subject to regular dust storms and droughts that amplified the suffering compared to those who lived elsewhere
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. The president at the time, Herbert Hoover, was struggling to alleviate the great depression with some programs that resembled what FDR later expanded on. Hoover’s economic policies, were seen in the public as hurting, or at least not helping the economy during the great depression
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Not only was he popular, but he had very impressive credentials in relation to the economy, which was
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John Hardman. “
The Great Depression and The New Deal
”. Sandford
University. n.d. Retrieved from https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/soc_sec/hgreat.htm on Oct 31. 2017.
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Ibid. important to becoming president during the great depression
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. FDR recognized that the policies directed by the current president, Herbert
Hoover, were not helping the economy. He was nominated, then became the first nominee in the Democratic Party to accept his nomination in person.
When he accepted his nomination, he gave his famous speech
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. He talked about the terrible depression and everything you would expect a presidential nominee to talk about at the time. However, he was famous for the closing statements:
I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own
1
. The president at the time, Herbert Hoover, was struggling to alleviate the great depression with some programs that resembled what FDR later expanded on. Hoover’s economic policies, were seen in the public as hurting, or at least not helping the economy during the great depression
2 …show more content…
Not only was he popular, but he had very impressive credentials in relation to the economy, which was
1
John Hardman. “
The Great Depression and The New Deal
”. Sandford
University. n.d. Retrieved from https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/soc_sec/hgreat.htm on Oct 31. 2017.
2
Ibid. important to becoming president during the great depression
3
. FDR recognized that the policies directed by the current president, Herbert
Hoover, were not helping the economy. He was nominated, then became the first nominee in the Democratic Party to accept his nomination in person.
When he accepted his nomination, he gave his famous speech
4
. He talked about the terrible depression and everything you would expect a presidential nominee to talk about at the time. However, he was famous for the closing statements:
I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own