Handling the Great Depression Hoover and Roosevelt had very different ideas on how the Depression should be handled. This was almost entirely a result of two important differences in their schemas; Hoover was a Republican and considered conservative, and had basically worked his way through life, while Roosevelt was not only a Democrat, he had basically been born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. Roosevelt was considered a liberal. As one can easily …showed first 75 words of 1024 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1024 total…Roosevelt's family, though, possessed basically old wealth. He had whatever he wanted as a child. As far as their political views, Hoover favored a local end to the Depression, basically not believing that the central American government could accomplish what was necessary. Roosevelt, on the other hand, understood as Robert Wiebe did, that the time for island communities was over, and it was necessary for the central power in the country to lend a hand