Following the stock market crash in 1929, president hoover was criticized for
a) declaring a bank holiday and ordering banks to close.
b) waiting for the economy to come out of the depression
c) starting many new programs without congress' approval.
d) his insistence on increasing spending on the military.

B) waiting for the economy to come out of the Depression

Soon after the American President Herber Hoover took office in 1929, the U.S. stock market crashed and the Great Depression started in the U.S., affecting severely its economy and American families.

Hoover was harshly criticized for not recognizing the severity of the situation and for not undertaking enough measures to address the crisis. As a conservative politician, he believed that too much federal intervention was a threat to capitalism and individualism and instead, he promoted the idea that it was states and people themselves who had to provide relief to struggling people.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.

from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.