https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2 After listening and considering the first couple of slides, what do you think Hoover meant by 'Rugged Individualism', and what will his treatment of the GD look like? en-us 2020-12-03 11:59:15 UTC 2025-11-22 17:53:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984046132 Rugged individualism is when the government doesn’t help the people. They have to help themselves. The people don’t have the government to fall back on even “though they support the government, the government shouldn’t support them.”]]> 2020-12-03 15:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984046132 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984047331 Hoover wants people to not depend on the government and Handle their problems during the depression on their own. ]]> 2020-12-03 15:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984047331 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984050604 Hoover’s belief that the government should not intervene at a personal-ish level made it difficult for most Americans to receive help during the depression. There were not really any viable options for people to lift themselves out of their situations- which meant that the government needed to intervene for the depression to get any better.]]> 2020-12-03 15:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984050604 nicolebahingire2022 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984052545 What Hoover probably meant is the living conditions were not good and many were in poverty. He also wants people to learn to fend and help themselves. His treatment will be “disowning” the people in a way he doesn’t help them really just say all these words to make it look like he’s helping]]> 2020-12-03 15:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984052545 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984064141 Hoover believed in the concept of “rugged individualism” which was the belief that the government was not responsible for handling the people’s problems, it was up to themselves to solve their own problems and not relyy on the government. This reflects on his treatment for the GD because since Hoover believed rugged individualism, he did not feel responsible for helping the people out, it was up to them to pull themselves out of the GD and not rely on the government to help them. ]]> 2020-12-03 15:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/984064141 morganflodman2022 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/988710229 Rugged individualism is Hoover's philosophy in which he believed the American people should work for their own economic needs without intervention from the government. This mindset would elicit a negative response during the Great Depression because millions of Americans were out of work and they blamed Hoover's administration for not supporting them financially.]]> 2020-12-04 18:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/988710229 alyssafling2022 https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/990640121 when Hoover stated "Rugged Individualism" I believe he meant people should be self sufficient in building a strong future for themselves without the help of others or the government like he once did himself. He handles the GD basically by not handling it, reassuring everything will be alright occurs but never truly is followed through with, and he falls into a state of desperation and despair with his fellow American people.]]> 2020-12-05 21:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/leicesterpublicschools/xstjg2tstjkyt4z2/wish/990640121