Despite these ideas, what political failings caused him to lose the confidence of the American people and lose the 1932 election?
2006-11-10 04:26:00 · 3 answers · asked by tori 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Previous Republican leaders had generally followed a lasseiz faire attitude to state power.
Influenced by the progressive movement, Hoover moved away from their ideas and pursued a more "progressive" stance. Not to the extreme of FDR, or anywhere near what the US has today, but it was still a notable change.
He lost confidence for the simple reason the great depression occured on his watch - and Americans are famous for attributing economic success or failure to their presidents. Of course such credit is almost always exaggerated and often completely unearned...
2006-11-10 05:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by swilhelm73 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had to be more progressive than old "Silent Cal." His motto was "The business of this country is business," so if it benefitted anyone other than big business, he wasn't interested (sound familiar?). Hoover got tarred and feathered as much by being in the wrong place at the wrong time, more than anything. Remember, he took office in 1929, which is the year the Depression began. It takes several years for a depression to really take root, not a matter of months. It was Coolidge's refusal to help the common man that caused it, far more than anything Hoover did. He just wasn't able to turn things around in time for the 1932 elections.
2006-11-10 15:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/herberthoover/biography/ImpactLegacy.common.shtml
This website will help you tremendously. It's only a few paragraphs but it'll def. get you started.
2006-11-10 12:33:43 · answer #3 · answered by sugar_twilight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋