Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States of America and served in office from 1933 to 1945. FDR demonstrated himself as an imposing national leader, taking the U.S out of the Great Depression through active involvement of the federal government in the national economy. When the economy had appeared hopeless when FDR had first come into office he reassured the nation that, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." During FDR's first hundred days in office he had sent many pieces of legislation through Congress to help boost the economy and restore circulation of money in federal funded programs. The Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC) provided unemployment relief and the opportunity for national service to young workers, whule promoting conservation through reforstation and flood control work. Federal funds were given to state
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Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the Untied States of America and served in office from 1929 to 1933. Hoover believed in "rugged individualism" and "Laissez Faire", meaning leave business alone. Rugged individualism meant that people would have to fix their own financial problems and debts with no government support. Hoover came from a very conservative lifestyle so it's no wonder he believed in such ideas. He opposed having the government help with the problems and he wanted citizens to fix the problems for themselves. He was not willing to try new things to fix the unemployment rate or the banking disasters
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