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Roosevelt a Liberal and Hoover a Conservative

Thesis: Because the Great Depression quickly changed America's view of liberalism, Roosevelt can be considered a liberal and Hoover a conservative, despite occasionally supporting similar policies.

Written for the Advanced Placement U.S. History Document Based Question from the A.P. test.

The political shifts in American history during the last two centuries are often explained by Arthur Schlesinger's cyclical explanation of eras of public purpose followed by private interest. What is considered liberal versus what is considered conservative shifts in a similar pattern. While laissez-faire policies are considered liberal in the Roaring 20's, the onset of the Great Depression in 1929 quickly changed America's view of liberalism. Suddenly, the small government politics of Hoover were conservative and the progressive politics of Roosevelt were considered liberal. Thus, because the Great Depression quickly changed America's view of liberalism, Roosevelt can be considered a liberal and Hoover a conservative, despite occasionally supporting similar policies.

ilar to Roosevelt's speech in Document E. Here, even during the Depression, Roosevelt stressed the importance of balancing the budget unless unemployment required the government to spend money stimulating the economy. Instead of Hoover's desire to continue restricting government, Roosevelt wanted to balance the budget. The Depression created the need for government intervention and an unbalanced budget as shown in Document F. However, despite a few efforts by Hoover to create jobs, he still seemed much different than Roosevelt who insisted in 1936 that America must not go back to supporting Conservatives who protected private interest unjustly. (Document G)

However, as the Depression wore on, Hoover too tried to pass legislation similar to Roosevelt's New Deal. Under the Federal Farm Board, the government bought surplus crops in an effort to increase farm prices. He also adopted a few public works programs, such as the building of the Boulder Dam. Hoover also proposed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan federal money to prevent bankruptcy. These efforts were remarkably similar to Roosevelt's Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. However, Hoover was still considered a conservative by the public's during the Depression for two reasons. First, he passed only a few reform bills designed to end the Depression compared to the enormous amounts of legislation passed under Roosevelt's New Deal. Because Hoover's legislation was limited, his programs failed to cause a noticeable effect on the economy. Seco

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