HIST 1200 Lecture Notes - Federal Emergency Relief Administration, New Deal Coalition, Herbert Hoover
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The great depression: herbert hoover, the great humanitarian . His success in managing efforts to feed civilian victims in wwi won him acclaim as the. Great humanitarian. served as secretary of commerce under harding and coolidge: progressive republican. : although he considered himself a progressive, he still largely believed in self-reliance and a laissez fair economy. Called for a limited business-govt partnership and a reform agenda that called for a nation of homeowners and farm owners whose savings were protected and whose jobs were secure. Ideological and political liabilities handling a nation calamity on the scale of the great depression. : not ideologically or philosophically capable of: distorted economy, unstable international economy repayment of wartime loans led to an unstable international economy. : high tariffs and demands on europeans for: credit problem. Rich continued to spend lavishly but cold only absorb a small fraction of the nation"s output.
