Think about the living and working conditions that you read about in the Progressive Era. How do you think the government can intervene with those problems? Explain your answer.

a. favoring native born americans over immigrants.

roosevelt essentially took the opposite approach as hoover in taking on the great depression. herbert hoover thought that america and its economy could naturally recover from the depression in due course, so he adamantly restrained the federal government from intervening on behalf of the people affected. on the other hand, roosevelt dramatically increased employment by expanding the federal government and establishing agencies that would aid in relieving some of the country's worst problems.