How did Hoover's and Roosevelt's approaches to handling the Great Depression differ? A. They both held the same views. B. FDR believed that social services should be handled by private charities; Hoover didn't. C. FDR believed that federal government should take an active role in the economy; Hoover didn't. D. Hoover believed that federal government should take an active role in the economy; FDR didn't.

• aanikajg: Hoover believed that you should not help people during a hard times. FDR was the complete opposite he wanted to help the american people get out of the great depression. So your answer is C.
• saadhussain514:

  FDR believed that federal government should take an active role in the economy; Hoover didn't.

  Explanation:

  Herbert Hoover According to him, the Great Depression was a temporary phase and the market would set itself right without management interference. Franklin D. Roosevelt.He believed that the government should take steps to improve the lives of the common people. He was able to spend public money on getting people back to work while both presidents felt that federal intervention was expected, Roosevelt's approach was more generous then Hoovers. Hoovers thought that too much federal preoccupation would eventually lead the country into government. Whereas Roosevelt assumed that government intervention was the only way to help.