Answer: Because of widespread fear of a strong central government at the time they were written and strong loyalties among Americans to their own state as opposed to any national government during the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation purposely kept the national government as weak as possible
Explanation:
Hoover believed the Great Depression would just end in time, and that US citizens just needed to wait it out, while Roosevelt took action to try to stop the GD.
The president cant do all of these things
1. declare war
2. pass laws
3. veto a bill over the majority of congress
4. overturn past supreme court decisions
hope this helps
Through humor such as in the newspapers that made fun of Hoover villes