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He was poor as a boy. Both of his parents died and he was raised by an uncle. He made a lot of money as a mining engineer and was independently wealthy by the time he was president. He donated his salary as president to charity.
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∙ 8y agoAs a boy he was poor, since he lost both of his parents and had to live with his uncle. However, he got a good education and made a lot of money as an adult in mining. By the time he was president he was independently wealthy. In fact, he donated his salary as president to charity.
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Was Herbert Hoover's family rich or poor?
They were poor
What did Americans do to show their disappointment in president Hoover?
they named the shacks the poor lived in "Hoover villes" the newspapers they used as blankets "Hoover blankets", and the little food they got from soup kitchens "Hoover stew"
What kind of assistance to the poor did hoover favor instead of a dole?
The gallows
Why did the many Americans blame President Hoover for the Depression?
Hoover believed in trickle down Economics and he didn't provide direct relief to the poor. He also bailed out buisinessess.
Why did the Americans blame President Hoover for the Depression?
Hoover believed in trickle down economics and he didn't provide direct relief to the poor. He also bailed out buisinessess.
How did Herbert Hoover help the poor?
He was against it and spent much of his life fighting it. As a private citizen he single-handedly organized a vast relief operation that saved the Belgian people from starving due to the German blockade of WW I.
In the 1928 election campaign what did Herbert Hoover promise?
A return to normalcy
Why did people move to hoovervilles?
Because Herbert Hoover was president at the time and the Depression was blamed on him.After President Hoover. Ironic.Hoovervilles and Shantytowns were named after Herbert Hoover because it was Hoover's actions that lead to their creation.
How did hoover expect social services to provided to poor Americans?
Social services was unknown in the Hoover administration. Churches were the main means for people to get help. It wasn't until FDR that social security was begun and the New Deal provided jobs for people.
Herbert Hoover's solution to easing the Great Depression was primarily to?
provide some federal help to bankers, but leave relief for the poor to private charities.
Which household article is named after its inventor?
really i thought of hoover and oven XD
How did hoover expect social services to be provided to poor Americans?
Hoover believed that the primary responsibility for providing social services to poor Americans should rest with local governments, private charities, and individual initiative. He believed that the federal government's role should be limited and that excessive intervention could undermine individual responsibility and economic growth.
