President Hoover took a lot of the blame for the Great Depression. Many people felt that he was unable to take care of the issues that the Great Depression had caused... - he raised taxes (so people had less money to spend) - did very little about the bank failures - gave money directly to businesses instead of the people of the US in hopes that they could spur on the economy--- it did not work :(
- But remember--- recession and depression are cycle events--- not one person or event is responsible for this event---- it is a cycle of events that happened over an extended period of time!!!!!