President Hoover's Response To The Great Depression

grades sat in one room, led by one teacher. The weather conditions made it hard for teachers to teach or kids to learn. No matter how intense the Great Depression was, people had to find ways to survive. Many people would sell apples on the street corner. Pacific Northwest Apple Growers had a surplus of apples and sold a crate to unemployed people at $1.75 per crate. Selling 60-72 apples on the corner would yield about $3.00. Many families decided to substitute other things for meat. They ate more beans, pancakes, macaroni and cheese and other foods that would fill you up but were less expensive. Sardines became very popular at this time. Families looked for work everywhere. Some small jobs include mowing lawns, shoveling snow, delivering newspapers,
People who found themselves without a home traveled the streets, slept on people’s couches, garages, barns or just slept whoever they could. As the Depression became worse, the only solution seemed to increase federal intervention and spending. However, President Hoover refused to involve the federal government in forcing fixed prices, controlling businesses, or changing the value of currency. Many people didn't agree, but he focused on volunteerism to raise money. Hoover’s opponents painted him as uncaring toward citizens. During his reelection campaign, Hoover tried to convince Americans that even though the people thought direct aid would help in the short run, it would provide problems in the long run. President Hoover was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Roosevelt promised Americans a “New Deal” when he took office. In his first one hundred days as president, he signed numerous groundbreaking laws. Roosevelt’s new laws were close to what Hoover had attempted, but his planes differed in financing. New Deal bills supported direct federal aid, tightened government control over new industries, and incorporate more deficit spending rather than volunteer