DEBATING THE PAST: CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Read America's Great Depression: www.amatecon.com/gd/gdcandc.html http://www.amatecon.com/gd/gdcandc.html Read Digital History: Sections Why it Happened to President Hoover http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit9.pdf http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit9.pdf After you have completed your readings post your response to only ONE of the following questions. Hoover's presidency will be forever shadowed by the Great Depression. Is it fair to blame Hoover's actions or inaction for the Great Depression? Should we compare Presidents Hoover and President Roosevelt's attempts to deal with the depression?