Read the excerpt from a speech given by Herbert Hoover during the presidential campaign. During the war we necessarily turned to the Government to solve every difficult economic problem . . . there was no other solution. For the preservation of the State, the Federal Government became a centralized despotism which undertook unprecedented responsibilities, assumed autocratic powers, and took over the business of citizens. To a large degree we regimented our whole people temporarily into a socialistic state. However justified in time of war, if continued in peace time it would destroy not only our American system but with it our progress and freedom as well. . . . We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines—doctrines of paternalism and state socialism. — presidential candidate Herbert Hoover, 1928 The beliefs expressed by Hoover in this excerpt influenced him to adopt policies that led to (1 point) Responses government inaction that worsened the Great Depression’s effects. government inaction that worsened the Great Depression’s effects. increased business regulations and worker's rights protections. increased business regulations and worker's rights protections. the repeal of Jim Crow laws and improved rights for African Americans. the repeal of Jim Crow laws and improved rights for African Americans. US isolationism and the country's refusal to join the League of Nations.
The beliefs expressed by Hoover in this excerpt influenced him to adopt policies that led to increased business regulations and worker's rights protections.
