Portland Cement Company and Nebraska Cement Company (both formerly part of the Ideal Cement Company.)
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover
President Hoover reacted to the great depression by helping people with things they could not afford like soup kitchens which gave people free food who needed it. Also hoovervilles which gave homes
Maytag's acquisition of Hoover gave the company an instant presence overseas. In the United States Hoover was known as a vacuum cleaner company, but overseas it also made refrigerators, washers, dryers, and dishwasher
President Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Hoover hog was the name people who blamed President Hoover for the Depression gave to armadillos, and to a lesser extent, rabbits and jackrabbits. They were a source of food to people in certain areas of the country because they could be hunted.
The government gave railroad companies huge pieces of land.
Hoover believed that the federal government could not give direct aid to individuals. He believed in free market capitalism and did not think the constitution gave the federal government the power to set prices.
The government subsidized (giving money) the building of tracks and then the companies used that money to build more tracks.
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