The Great Depression- President Hoover's handling of the crisis

Herbert Hoover, a Republican president at the beginnnig of the Great Depression, was ineffective in his response because, he upset Americans. Americans got angry at the things Herbert Hoover was doing, so with their anger and frustrations burned their crops and dumped their milk on highways, blocked shipments of food to markets, and even decided to take a day off of work. Americans got angier because he refused to support direct relief or other types of federal welfare. Veterans from World War I were also affected because they wanted to get paid their bonus money that moment, and not wait for years to get it. They were the bonus army which consisted of them and their families. President Herbert Hoover didn't like that idea. Instead, he responded by tear gassing them and that made a negative effect on him.

                                                                                              

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