The government represented by president Hoover in the fall of 1929, responded to the Great Depression; wide spreading unemployment during the 1930s and exacerbating an already difficult situation. The government spent millions of dollars on various relief programs. Most, however, were ineffective. Dole rations, for example, were heavily policed and much too small to live on; land settlement also ended in failure. At the same time the government increased relief spending, it also contributed to the crisis by laying off employees and making cuts to health care, education, and other social programs.
Some ideas that came from the Age of Reason, also known as the Enlightenment, includes advanced ideals such as:
Separation of Church and State
Constitutional Government
Liberty
Progress
I believe it was Gerald Ford which was the 38th president of the United States. Hope this helps!
The statement that best summarizes the goal of the Compromise of 1850 would be "<span>c. to preserve the Union by appeasing both sides on the slavery issue," since these were the tensions that would eventually lead to the outbreak of the Civil War. </span>
