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The sources of weakness during Herbert Hoover's presidency was the investigators speculating in an unregulated stock market.
Explanation:
Herbert Hoover was the US president during the Great Depression. Even though the blame of Great Depression cannot be put on his policies, his strategies adopted to tackle Great depression failed pathetically. He believed that businesses deciding to not cut down the wages of workers would stop consumption rates from falling down and stabilize the economy.
But this did not happen. Businesses did not cut down wages but they reduced the number of employees to sustain in the falling economic environment. Hoover tried to convince people that there was nothing seriously wrong and when the economy stabilizes stock prices would rise, unemployment would be alleviated and good times would come.
But the optimism did not help the economy and the investors speculating in an unregulated stock market was one of the sources of weakness during Herbert hoover's presidency.
There are several crucial factors which led to his rise to power.
Several historians have argued that the Great Depression led to his eventual rise and the defrachising of the German populous towards the Weimar Government. Hence it can be argued that National Socialist (the Nazis) came to power more because of their enemies’ weakness and failures than because of their own strengths.
Other historians has said of Hitler and Nazi Party's ideology and promises made to the Germans that made them so popular in the elections. In the period 1930-1935, Nazi party saw a constant and steep rise in votes for them, demonstrating their popularity of their Nationalist movement.
Another major factor would be Hitler's personal charisma and political wit. Afterall, Hindenburg (who was the President in 1933) could have vetoed Nazi parties movement for power, and the communist party saw votes increasing as well between 1929-1933. What led to the exponential increase of support of Hitler can thus be said to be arising from his personality. Hindenburg and the German political elite needed someone charismatic like Hitler to unite the masses, while at the same time, Hitler's widely popular and demagogue style nailed down the political elite need for him (even though they admitted that did not like Hitler).
There are a multitude of reasons which saw Hitler's rise to power, and depending how you argue it, any of the above 3 can be the most important one. And all 3 of the factors I touched above helped Hitler in one way or another to rise to power as the Chancellor and later Fuhrer of Germany.<span />