President Hoover's approach to the Great Depression was to a leave the economy alone to work itself out of trouble. b nationalize major industries. c encourage the states to stimulate spending. d work for the breakup of business monopolies. e offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals.

e. offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals.

Explanation:

Herbert Clark Hoover was democratically elected as the 31st President of the United States of America and he served from the 4th of March, 1929 to the 4th, March, 1933.

The Great Depression was a period of severe economic meltdown or downturn (crisis) of the industrialized world and it started from the United States of America, typically lasting for about ten years (1929-139).

Basically, the Great Depression started in America on the 4th of September, 1929 as a result of a major fall in the prices of stocks and consequently, leading to a stock market crash on the 29th of October, 1929.

Hence, the negative effects of the Great Depression includes a decline in investments, tax revenues, market price, personal income level, consumer spending, profits and a general rise in unemployment rate.

As a result of the aforementioned negative effects, struggling businesses had to lay off workers in order to try to remain open during the Great Depression.

However, President Hoover's approach to the Great Depression was to offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals.