Read the excerpt from Herbert Hoover’s “Rugged Individualism” speech, delivered on October 22, 1928.
Choose the two highlighted examples that best emphasize why Hoover supported a limited federal response to the onset of the Great Depression.
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"Because the Federal Government has had the wisdom, the humanity, and the resources to use its emergency powers to prevent widespread misery and destitution – it has the duty to continue its policies of necessity to whatever extent may be wise and necessary in the future. The first duty of a man in advancing the cause of a better social order is to bear his own responsibilities. No man, or group of men, is justified in seeking to ride to political power over the rights or by the unrighteousness of others. We cannot legislate prosperity. The Government can legislate to meet emergencies – it can exercise its reserve powers to protect the lives and property of citizens – but it cannot legislate into permanent mainstays of prosperity. Primary reliance for the order and support of the society of this Nation must be upon the responsibility, the initiative, and the enterprise of the individual. The function of the Federal Government must be limited to regulation, to foster and assist private activities and it must back them by an efficient aid of justice – national wealth can only be created by the operation of the individual energies and thrift of all American citizens."
Choose the two highlighted examples that best emphasize why Hoover supported a limited federal response to the onset of the Great Depression.
I should like to state to you the effect that this projection of government in business would have upon our system of self-government and our economic system. That effect would reach to the daily life of every man and woman. It would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded bureaucracy but for those embraced within it.
Let us first see the effect upon self-government. When the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business, it must at once set up the organization and administration of that business, and it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self-government.
The two highlighted examples that best emphasize why Hoover supported a limited federal response to the onset of the Great Depression are:
1. "That effect would reach to the daily life of every man and woman. It would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom not only for those left outside the fold of expanded bureaucracy but for those embraced within it." This example suggests that Hoover believed that an expanded federal response would infringe upon individual liberty and freedom.
2. "When the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business, it must at once set up the organization and administration of that business, and it immediately finds itself in a labyrinth, every alley of which leads to the destruction of self-government." This example highlights Hoover's concern that an expanded federal response would lead to excessive government intervention and a loss of self-government.
The only available answers are those shown below and there can only be two answers
1. "effect would reach to the daily life of every man and woman."
2. "It would impair the very basis of liberty and freedom"
3. "the Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business"
4. "every alley of which leads to the destruction of self-government."
Which two is it?
which two examples best emphasize why Hoover supported a limited federal response to the onset of the Great Depression?
Apologies for misunderstanding the question earlier. In that case, the two examples that best emphasize why Hoover supported a limited federal response to the onset of the Great Depression are:
1. "The Federal Government undertakes to go into commercial business" - This example suggests that Hoover opposed the idea of the federal government directly engaging in commercial business and believed in limited government involvement in the economy.
2. "Every alley of which leads to the destruction of self-government" - This example highlights Hoover's concern that an expanded federal response would erode the principles of self-government and individual liberty.
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Which steps did the Hoover administration take to fight the early challenges of the Great Depression? Select the two correct answers.
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Responses
winning passage of a tax cut to increase individuals’ take-home incomes
winning passage of a tax cut to increase individuals’ take-home incomes
urging private agencies and state governments to organize relief efforts
urging private agencies and state governments to organize relief efforts
calling for immediate federal funding to support financial institutions troubled by bank runs
calling for immediate federal funding to support financial institutions troubled by bank runs
creating a series of federal programs to provide employment on public works
creating a series of federal programs to provide employment on public works
demanding debt payments from foreign governments to increase emergency funds
The two correct answers regarding the steps taken by the Hoover administration to fight the early challenges of the Great Depression are:
1. Urging private agencies and state governments to organize relief efforts
2. Creating a series of federal programs to provide employment on public works
Compare and contrast the responses of private relief agencies and state and federal governments to the Great Depression. Drag each response to the correct category.
Organized public construction projects
supported volunteerism and other indirect reliefs efforts \
distributed free food to those in need