History of the United States II / Unit 18 USH2 2557 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Voluntarism
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The idea
Herbert Hoover carried the Food Administration's method into the Depression: a voluntary deed, he argued in entry 1361, is infinitely more precious than money poured from the Treasury.
In practice
Hoover in nineteen thirty-one warning that the spread of government destroys initiative and character.
Where people slip
Entry 1360 records his belief that direct federal relief would destroy the character of those who received it.
Your place on the trail
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