Question

What was President Hoover's philosophy of government and how did it hinder the recovery?

Answer 1

His philosophy was small government.

Explanation:

Small government was the basic system believed in by Republicans at the time. It means that, under Republican presidents, the government remained relatively inactive, but was pro-business in all actions that did occur. This hindered recovery because, according to Hoover's belief about government, it was up to the state and local governments to provide relief for the Great Depression, even though these smaller sections of the government were incapable of dealing with such a large scale crisis. Eventually he decided that federal government aid was necessary, but he provided too little help too late to stop the escalation of the Depression.