Why did President Hoover tell Americans to tighten their belts and work harder to recover from the Great Depression?

A.
He wanted to encourage Americans to use the services provided at private relief agencies.

B.
He predicted that the stock market was in for a long decline, but workers would survive.

C.
He believed in rugged individualism, in which individuals were responsible for their own success.

D.
He thought that most Americans were not working hard enough, which contributed to the Depression.

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i think it would be c.

hope i'm correct

explanation:

1. yes it was the new deal introduced lots of regulations to workers, such as the national labour relations act of 1935 which workers to form unions and protected the members from other laws as well as forcing businesses to listen to the unions and their workers

2.the new deal had a lot of great ideas. but when fdr created the national industrial recovery act. they set prizes and work hours for the workers. the workers made more money ($.40 rather than $.20) but because they did not work as much they would end up making less money. after a while the supreme court found this act to be un-constitutional. but sense the people weren’t   making as much money they could not afford the products. even though the new deal was taken away in 1939 because the government became to powerful, there are still remnants of it in our government. national labor relations, social security, etc… the new deal alone did not end the depression but it the u.s.a dramatically and set them on the right track to recover and become the powerhouse of a country it is today.

3. yes it did bring some relief to those who were willing and able to work and it assisted in terms of creating new and strengthening existing infrastructure.  

4.

a. news coverage

explanation:

when presidential candidates are on the news they have the ability to answer questions from news reporters and some of those questions can come from the public

i believe the answer is c.