6Myth 5: The
17Myth 16: Hoover Opposed the New Deal Out of Stubborn Conservatism
7Myth 6: Hoover Refused Any Aid to the Unemployed Out of Ideology
18Myth 17: Hoover Was an Extreme Isolationist Who Weakened America
8Myth 7: Hoover Raised Taxes at the Worst Moment, Worsening the Crisis
19Myth 18: Hoover's Policies Prolonged the Depression by Several Years
9Myth 8: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Was Hoover's Great Fault That Killed World Trade
20Myth 19: Hoover Was a Cold Businessman Without Human Compassion
10Myth 9: Hoover Was Wall Street's Puppet, Protecting Bankers at the People's Expense
21Myth 20: The Left's Caricature of Hoover Was Justified and Harmless
11Myth 10: Hoover Believed in