**Think of these as short answer questions—some might be a little long, some may
be short. Please use full sentences. Give support for your answers with examples
from the document. Answer in your own words, DO NOT QUOTE the
document. You may NOT work in groups on this assignment. Check the rubric for
more information on how you will be graded.
1) What does Hoover think it more important: solving the current financial crisis or
maintaining American ideals?
2) What does Hoover say is a charitable view of the New Deal?
3) What is the other view of the New Deal?
4) What does Hoover say both of these views/roads have in common?
5) What is Hoover’s critique of government spending under the New Deal?
6) Why will inflation rise? What will be the consequences of this inflation?
7) What is polluting the fountain of liberty?
8) How is the New Deal “the most elemental violation of economic law and
experience”?
9) What does Hoover believe was the cause of the Great Depression?
10) In the “great calamities” paragraph, how does Hoover say the current crisis can
be solved?
11) What challenge does he give to the Republican Party in the closing paragraph?
12)
You are now going to craft an argument
for OR against
the New Deal. You
will not have to write an essay. Instead, fill out the following:
Thesis statement (main idea of your argument):
Reason/Support 1 (why you think what you think):
Reason/Support 2:
Reason/Support 3:
Concluding Statement (restate your thesis now that the reader has seen your
support for your thesis)::Reason/Support 3:
Concluding Statement (restate your thesis now that the reader has seen your
support for your thesis):
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