WelcomeBaltimore Polytechnic Institute

January 25, 2012U.S. History

Mr. Green

The students will evaluate Hoover’s initial response to the Depression by describing the measures Hoover took to help the economy and ease people’s suffering

Announcement: Chapter 14 Test this ThursdayDue: Chapter 14 Vocabulary on MondayDrill: Analyze the political cartoon on page 497

and answer the following1. Why are all the figures in the cartoon

pointing at Hoover?2. What does Hoover’s characterization suggest

about his attitude toward his accusers?

Agenda/Topics To Be Covered

Hoover Tries to Reassure the Nation“Any lack of confidence in the economic future…is

foolish”Many Americans accepted depressions as a normal

course of the business cycle“It will purge the rottenness out of the system”

Andrew MellonHoover’s Philosophy of GovernmentNot a career politicianEncourage and facilitate cooperation between

business and labor“Rugged Individualism”No free handouts

Hoover Struggles with the Depression Ch. 14 Section 3 pgs. 495-499

Hoover Takes Cautious StepsAsked employers not to cut wages or lay off

workers and labor not to strike or demand higher wages

Democrats win in 1930 Congressional Elections

Some farmers burned crops/dumped milkBlocked roads to stop delivery of foodQuestion: What were some of Hoover’s key

convictions about government?

Boulder Dam and other Government Projects$800 million dollar stimulus to build roads, damsGlass-Steagall Banking ActFederal Home Loan Bank ActReconstruction Finance CorporationGassing the Bonus ArmyVeterans of WWI wanted their bonus now, not in 1945Once the bill did not pass, some protesters stayedThose that stayed were gassedQuestion: Why was the Bonus Army incident so

damaging to Hoover’s image?

Hoover takes action

Describe in 1 or 2 paragraphs your impression of Herbert Hoover and the response he led to the Depression and what he might have done differently.

Independent Work

1. Read Chapter 14.2. Chapter 14 Vocabulary3. Chapter 14 test on Thursday

Homework