Question

16. Who was President when the Great Depression started?

Answer 1

Answer: Herbert Hoover was president when the Great Depression began.

Explanation: The Great Depression started in 1929, when Herbert Hoover was in office; thus, it began while he was president. Though Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the President of the United States for the majority of the Great Depression, he was not sworn into office until 1933.

Answer 2

Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves.