Week 5 | Discussion
Please respond to ONE of the following two bulleted items in a primary posting of at least 200 words. In addition, please make a substantive comment to at LEAST one classmate. Remember to cite your sources.
- Identify at least two causes of the Great Depression. Discuss whether or not you believe that the federal response to the Depression encouraged economic growth and confidence. Justify your response.
- Compare and contrast the key similarities and difference in President Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression with President Hoover’s response. Examine whether Hoover or Roosevelt had the better economic plan to pull the country out of the Depression. Infer the fundamental reasons why the better plan succeeded while the other approach failed.
