Herbert Hoovers approcach to the depression was based on which?

Question

Which is best answer a, b, c, or d
A. an unawareness of the relationship between employment demand and investment
b. an understanding that eventually wealthy americans should be forced to help the poor
c. the conviction that governement intervention would hurt initiative and threaten freedom and that direct payments to citizenes by the federal government was unconstitutional
d. a growing mistrust of capitalism since it had obviously failed to work in the U.S.

Answer 1

c

Answer 2

C. Hoover was a believer in Social Darwinism and a staunch sense of self-reliance. He felt that giving money to people would undermine their work ethic. He came from the old school of rugged individualism. He had been an orphan who had survived and thrived due to hard work, and felt that's how other people should get by. He was also worried about the constitutionality of direct payments to people.

Answer 3

C. That's why we named all the tent cities for the out-of-work and destitute, "Hoovervilles".

Answer 4

C. It didn't work, either.

Answer 5

c.