... goals, and this voluntary approach failed to materialize during the trauma of the Depression. d. Roosevelt felt that the President should be powerful and inspirational. Hoover on the other hand could not grasp those ideals. e. Hoover was not an outgoing person, whereas Roosevelt radiated charm. f. Hoover blamed foreign nations for the depression. g. Roosevelt tried to seek solutions by setting up a "brain trust" ... to analyze the depression and find solutions to fix it. h. Roosevelt wanted immediate relief for ... a country involved in a war, life did go on. XII. Major social changes ...

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... was fighting its war for independence and calling on America for support. Britain had emerged victorious from the Napoleonic wars and controlled the seas with the Royal Navy. The United States, on the other hand, was struggling militarily and extremely fragile. Then, for apparently no reason, Britain ... was the duty of the United States to intercede and protect the South America from European colonization. The Prime Minister Salisbury, bogged down with conflict in Europe and Africa, sent a conciliatory note recognizing the broad interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine. This conflict resul...

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... . In addition, the Republicans repeatedly charged the Democrats with having caused the war and having been disloyal to the Union. The situation changed after 1929. Just as the Republicans had blamed the Democrats for the Civil War, so the Democrats blamed the Republicans for the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression of the 1930's. The Democrats won the presidency in ... followers rapidly. The party's first presidential candidate, John C. Fremont, ran unsuccessfully in 1856, but he carried 11 Northern states. >From 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected, through 1928, when H...

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