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What did Hoover do to help the poor?
Hoover also strongly urged people of means to donate funds to help the poor, and he himself gave significant private donations to worthy causes. But these private efforts could not alleviate the widespread effects of poverty. Congress pushed for a more direct government response to the hardship.
Why did Hoover oppose the Federal Emergency Relief Bill?
Again in 1931, Congress proposed the Federal Emergency Relief Bill, which would have provided $375 million to states to help provide food, clothing, and shelter to the homeless. But Hoover opposed the bill, stating that it ruined the balance of power between states and the federal government, and in February 1932, it was defeated by fourteen votes.
What did President Hoover believe about the Great Depression?
Yet Hoover was neither intentionally blind nor unsympathetic. He simply held fast to a belief system that did not change as the realities of the Great Depression set in. Hoover believed strongly in the ethos of American individualism: that hard work brought its own rewards.
What did President Hoover do for unemployment relief?
He created the President’s Emergency Committee for Employment (PECE), later renamed the President’s Organization of Unemployment Relief (POUR). In keeping with Hoover’s distaste of what he viewed as handouts, this organization did not provide direct federal relief to people in need.
Instead, it assisted state and private relief agencies, such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, YMCA, and Community Chest. Hoover also strongly urged people of means to donate funds to help the poor, and he himself gave significant private donations to worthy causes.
Where did Hoover live during the Great Depression?
A shanytown (“Hooverville”) in Seattle, c. 1932–37. Hoover also made some critical mistakes in his handling of the Depression.
What was President Hoover’s rating when he left office?
As the situation worsened, the public grew increasingly unhappy with Hoover. He left office with one of the lowest approval ratings of any president in history. In the immediate aftermath of Black Tuesday, Hoover sought to reassure Americans that all was well. Reading his words after the fact, it is easy to find fault.