Hoover’s rubbish

A cartoonist’s view. Can we write an expert caption?

4

1

21

3

56

What’s in the trash can?

Which of Hoover’s policies are being ditched?

2 of them are really hard; 4 you’ll get. Think about the phrases that Hoover used to suggest that things were going well.

Clues

1 Shows a tyre

2 Shows a signpost..something is just round the corner

3 is a cooking pot with something in it

4 is a scarecrow , making fun of the policy of

r….. i…………

Have a guess at 5 & 6 both of which are policies.

Republican or Democrat. Hoover or Roosevelt 1932-3?

• He thought you should leave business alone to bring back prosperity. Laissez-faire

• He believed in ‘active government’.• He believed in taking advice from different groups.• He thought you should cut taxation.• He thought prosperity was just around the corner.• He believed that you should spend to get people back to

work.• He thought Social Security was not the responsibility of

government.

Republican or Democrat. Hoover or Roosevelt 1932-3?

• He thought you should leave business alone to bring back prosperity. Laissez-faire.

• He believed in ‘active government’• He believed in taking advice from different groups.• He thought you should cut taxation.• He thought prosperity was just around the corner.• He believed that you should spend to get people back to

work.• He thought that Social Security was not the responsibility

of government.