oming crash that would cause America’s biggest economic depression in history. Militarily, Coolidge was a “big stick” coercive leader in the vein of Theodore Roosevelt, and his administration was basically an interventionist one-especially when it came to protecting US business ventures at risk. While Coolidge’s administration created conditions that would lead to less than noble results, during his administration the country enjoyed a high degree of prosperity-at least economically.
The Hoover administration was largely popular when it came to office, not the least of reasons which were responsible being Hoover’s support of the 18th Amendment banning alcohol. Yet, by the middle of its term most Americans placed the blame for the Great Depression squarely upon its shoulders. Hoover was not a supporter of laissez-faire or government intervention. His approach was more of using the government to help shape the objectives of the collected
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