pp dbq fdr

7/29/2019 PP DBQ FDR

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/pp-dbq-fdr 1/18

DBQ FDR vs. Hoover

Was Hoover as

conservative aspreviously thought?

Was FDR as Liberalas previously

thought?



g

Doc A Summary- Candidate

Hoover, 1928, pre-GD

Candidate Hoover issaying the Government

should get somewhatinvolved to prevent abuses

by business and not standaside (not Laissez-Faire)



Doc A Outside Information

Think of Republicansor groups that wantedgovernmentintervention before

the Great Depressionhit



Document B- Pres Hoover 1930

Government is doingmore than ever to create

jobs and help theunemployed

Look up numbers inthe doc and input into

your summary



Document B OI

Think of programsstarted by Hoover thatshows he tried to help



Document C- Pres Hoover 1931

1st Sum-Hoover is willing to committhe federal government to helppeople

–Look up numbersOR 2nd Sum-He is afraid that toomuch government aid will jeopardize

private donations to charities if people think that government willcome to the aid of everyone in need



Doc. C OI

1st Summary- same asDoc B

2nd summary- look forideas where Americansfelt that the fortunateshould help the less

fortunate



Doc D Political Cartoon 1931

President Hoover istrying to help but is notbeing effective. Europehas fallen of thewaterfall and has failed,

while the rest of theAmerica is about to fall

off too into failure.



Doc D OI

Look up programs andideas by Hoover thatfailed and made thingsworse/president look

bad



Doc E- Candidate FDR, 1932

FDR wants to cut federalspending

–Looks for a number tosupport idea



Doc E OI

Define Keynesian Economics



Doc F US Government Finances showing

how much the government spends and Debt

Summary #1- 1929-1932- Hoover- spending goes up (Expend- look

at how much) and debt increasesin 1932(Look at how much)

Summary #2- FDR increases

spending from 1933 to 36 (lookat how much) but spends 14billion in 1941 (WHY? WHY not

earlier?)



Doc F OI

Think of New Dealprograms (what wasthat money of FDR’sbeing spent on?)



Doc G Pres FDR 1936 Re-election

Defines conservatism asseeking to protect private

property and he is usingthe government (liberal) to

protect peoples property(conservative)



Doc G OI

Think of purpose of government based onfounders ideas

Think of how FDR is tryingto protect Am property

(which New Deal agenciesare designed to protect

“PROPERTY”)



DOC H Pres FDR 1937-

inauguration speech

FDR is a born again liberaland wants the government

to now serve as theprimary means to solvethe nations problems get

Americans the aid theyneed



DOC H OI

Define New Deal

List and define alphabet agencies

Court Packing? What has changed?

R h O tli



Rough Outline

Need to use 5 DOCS and about 4-6OI– create 2 columns- Hoover/FDR and list

docs (ID if the doc shows them to beconservative or liberal) and OI

Essay could be 2 or 4 paragraphsBegin by focusing on how bothPresidents were what you thought

THEN, explain how they were not asliberal or conservative as previouslythought

pp dbq fdr

Documents