Hoover’s Policies

Rugged Individualism “Pick yourself up by your bootstraps” The free-market will cure itself

1. Hoover Organizes Business Recommends businesses end wages cuts and layoffs Banks Railroads Labor leaders Industry leaders agree to the recommended terms, but due to business instability the promises are broken soon after the conference

2. Public Works Increased funding for public works programs creates jobs Hoover refuses “deficit spending” (the government spending more than it receives in tax revenue)

Federal Reserve, NCC, and RFC Hoover encourages the Federal Reserve to increase the amount of money in circulation. -Hopes that increased money flow will increase corporate loans Hoover creates the National Credit Corporation (NCC) and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) -NCC loans money to banks enabling banks to loan money to the public- -RFC loaned money to big businesses

Help for Citizens Hoover opposed federal (national) aide for struggling citizens Aide should begin with state and local governments along with private charitable organizations Congress passes the Emergency Relief and Construction Act Allocates $1.5 billion for public works and $300 million in emergency loans to states

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Election of 1932 Franklin Roosevelt 472 Electoral Votes Herbert Hoover 59 Electoral Votes

Franklin Roosevelt’s Policies

First 100 Days Relief-Recovery-Reform 1 st New Deal:

Relief Public Works Public Works Administration (PWA) Built hospitals, roads, bridges, dams, schools, reforestation, flood control Cut unemployment Rural Programs Resettlement Administration (RA) Relocated struggling citizens to governmentally planned communities Rural Electrification Administration (REA) Provided utilities to rural areas Civilian Conservation Corps. (CCC) Provided manual labor positions to men conserving governmentally owned land in rural areas Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Built dams which produced hydro electric power to the Tennessee Valley

Recovery Governmental economic planning is necessary for total recovery National Recovery Administration Raise wages Reduce hours Eliminate child labor Establish a minimum wage Housing Homeowners loan corporation (HLC) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Standardized loans and increased loan accessibility

Reform Trade Reform Reciprocal Tariff Act Allowed the President to negotiate bilateral trade policies

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