Which sentence best shows the REASON why Herbert Hoover did not want the government to intervene and help people during the great depression?
Question 3 options:
a)
The country's 31st president, Herbert Hoover, who took office in March 1929, did not think government intervention was the solution to the Great Depression.
b)
He believed that self-reliance and self-help, were the best means to meet citizens' needs and prosperity would return if people would simply help one another.
c)
And although private philanthropy increased during the early 1930s, the amounts given were not enough to make a significant impact.
d)
Many Americans in need believed the resolution to their problems lay in government assistance, but Hoover resisted such a response throughout his presidency.