How did President Hoover respond to the Great Depression?

Too little too late.

Explanation:

He felt that assistance should be handled on a local, voluntary basis.

Explanation:

was constrained by his conservative political philosophy. He believed in a limited role for government and worried that excessive federal intervention posed a threat to capitalism and individualism

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