What was one of the first things president hoover did to combat the effects of the great depression? he did nothing, thinking the economic crisis would mend itself with time. he refused to pass the smoot-hawley tariff, which would have lowered rates. he sought passage of the controversial national industrial recovery act. he asked businesses to decrease production and increase employment.

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.

b: to eliminate competition from other farmers