Question

PLEASE HELPP!! Why was didn’t President Hoover use the federal government more to help struggling Americans during the Great Depression?

A) He believed in a limited role for the federal government.
B) He wanted to, but Congress prevented him.
C) He wanted foreign countries to assist the United States.
D) He believed that Americans did not want to receive government aid

Answer 1

The good choice is : A) He believed in a limited role for the federal government.

Step-by-step explanation:

President Herbert C. Hoover (1929-1933) was a supporter of laissez-faire economics. In some instances, his administration refused to provide emergency relief aid to groups of people in critical situation arguing budgetary constraints. Hoover became highly impopular during the Great Depression. It was only with FDR´s New Deal that the role of goverment intervention in the economy was expanded.