PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MENTOURY UNIVERSITY OF CONSTANTINE FACULTY OF LETTERS AND LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES/ENGLISH
PRESIDENT HOOVER’S DOMESTIC
POLICY DURING THE GREAT
DEPRESSION 1929- 1933
Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master degree in AMERICAN HISTORY AND POLITICS
Supervisor: Dr. MEGHREBI NACER
Submitted by: BOUHEROUR MERIEM Co- supervisor: Dr. HAROUNI IBRAHIM
2009 Dedication
To the dearest people to my heart
To my parents, Cherif and Houria
To my lonely sister Imen
To my brothers Farouk, Moundji and his wife Hadjer
To my best friends Samira and Nessrine
I say , I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
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Acknowledgement
I am extremely indebted to my supervisor Dr . Nacer marghrebi for his valuable guidance , precious advise , and constructive criticism . I wish to express my sincere gratitude to him for his unrelenting assistance and notably for the time he devoted to me
Possibly no words could accurately convey my profound gratitude and heartfelt thankfulness for my dear family . My mother Houria remain unmatched in her incomparable sacrifices , deepest love, boundless patience, and chiefly greatest encouragement. I am equally thankful to my sister Imen for the unremitting help I got from her . And I am grateful to her for all the extreme kindness , wise understanding , and above all endless patience.
Farouk , Moundji , my brothers deserve all my gratitude for their encouragement.
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The present research looks into the various attempts made by the President Hoover in order to get the United States out of its deepest depression of 1929. The Great Depression that placed the nation into a course of downward spiral . And to the economic plan made by the President to reform to improve the conditions of all Americans , his efforts on keeping the nation alive during its hard times . This study is divided into three chapters. The first chapter reviews briefly the status of President Hoover before taking the office and his development of intervention on both Unemployment and Labor Relations during the pre-era of the Great
Crash . Chapter two delves into the time when President Herbert Hoover command and the various events which took place in the year of 1931.Chapter three explores The Hoover New
Deal of 1932 and the tragic year before. The discussion reveals that President Hoover’s domestic policy is principally held accountable to solve the United States its crisis of 1929, since it put the initial point for Roosevelt’s New Deal of 1933
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Résumé
La présente recherche se penche sur les diverses tentatives faites par le président Hoover en vue d'obtenir des États-Unis de sa profonde dépression de 1929. La Grande Dépression qui a placé le pays dans un cours de spirale descendante. Et au plan économique fait par le
Président de réforme visant à améliorer les conditions de tous les Américains, ses efforts sur le maintien en vie de la nation au cours de sa période difficile. Cette étude est divisée en trois chapitres. Le premier chapitre passe brièvement en revue le statut du président Hoover, avant de prendre le bureau et son développement de mesures d'intervention sur le chômage et relations de travail au cours de l'ère pré-de la Grande Crise. Le deuxième chapitre se penche sur le moment où Herbert Hoover est devenu le président des Etats-Unis
et les différents événements qui ont eu lieu dans l'année de 1931.Chapitre trois, explore le
« Hoover New Deal »de 1932 et la tragique année auparavant. La discussion révèle que la politique intérieure du président Hoover est principalement tenus responsables pour résoudre les Etats-Unis sa crise de 1929, car il a placer le point initial pour « New Deal de Roosevelt » de 1933.
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