Question

Many Americans blamed Hoover for the Great Depression and demanded that the government launch programs to address poverty and hunger. reduce spending to help improve the economy. favor businesses rather than the working class. stay out of the economy and let it fix itself.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "demanded that the government launch programs to address poverty and hunger".

President Hoover, member of the Republican party, supported laisez-faire economic measures, that consisted on free functioning of the markets with minimum goverment interventionism. Markets alone, would produce the most efficent outcomes, according to his viewpoint. Therefore, the policies introduced by his governments, involved minimum regulation for businesses, and for the economic activity in general.

On the other hand, due to the harsh economic conditions, citizens demanded to the goverment the implementation of economic measures and to abandon the zero interventionism position.