The Great Depression- President Hoovers Handling of The Crisis

Herbert Hoover, a republician president at the begininng of the Great Depression, was ineffective because of the way he handled the crisis during Great Depression. He refused to support direct relief or any other firms of federal welfare. The Americans expressed their anger by burning the crops of corn & wheat and pouring out the milk into the highways. They all protested to Washington DC and this game president Hoover a bad reputation.


Essential Questions

1. What are examples of how americans expressed their anger frustrations with president hoover?

-They burned their corn and wheat and poured the milk out on the highways, and also took days off.

2. What were Hoovers princiables? The ones he chose to hold firm on?

-He refused to support direct relief or other forms of federal welfare.

3. Who made up the bonus army and how did what happened to President Hoover?

-The bonus army went to Washington DC to collect all the money that was owed to them at the end president Hoover had a bad repetition because he did not pay the bonus army their bonus.