During the Great Depression, Americans called shantytowns “Hoovervilles,” newspapers “Hoover blankets,” and their empty pants pockets “Hoover flags.” How did they feel about Herbert Hoover?

They clearly believed he was to blame for the Depression, and they despised him for bringing them so much misery and suffering. They held him responsible and despised him.

the influence of daoism, buddhism, and legalism on chinese culture. unlike confucianism, daoism looked to nature rather than human beings as the source of morality. according to laozi, human society has to conform to the dao (the way), or the essential unifying element of all that is. some interpret dao as nature.