Week 5 | Discussion

Please
respond to ONE of the following two bulleted items in a primary posting
of at least 200 words. In addition, please make a substantive comment
to at LEAST one classmate. Remember to cite your sources.

• Identify
  at least two causes of the Great Depression. Discuss whether or not
  you believe that the federal response to the Depression encouraged
  economic growth and confidence. Justify your response.
• Compare
  and contrast the key similarities and difference in President
  Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression with President Hoover’s
  response. Examine whether Hoover or Roosevelt had the better economic
  plan to pull the country out of the Depression. Infer the fundamental
  reasons why the better plan succeeded while the other approach failed.