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title: "What did Herbert Hoover initially believe about the federal government's role in the Great Depression?"  
description: "What did Herbert Hoover initially believe about the federal government's role in the Great Depression?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42815/what-did-herbert-hoover-initially-believe-about-the-federal-government-s-role-in-the-great-depression  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What did Herbert Hoover initially believe about the federal government's role in the Great Depression?

What did [Herbert Hoover](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41147/what-was-a-major-factor-in-herbert-hoover-s-election-victory) initially believe about the [federal government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41815/what-2-things-did-the-federal-government-do-to-encourage-railroad-construction)'s [role](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11946/what-is-wireframe-design-wireframes-and-their-role-in-web-design) in the Great [Depression](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42807/how-did-the-role-of-agriculture-worsen-the-bank-failures-of-the-great-depression)?\
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