Herbert Hoover

In 1932, the US was in the throes of what became known as the Great Depression- the economy was in terrible shape and people were hurting. The Republicans had been in power for 12 years and when Franklin Roosevelt came along with his message of hope and change and radical new programs, people decided to give him a chance. Roosevelt was a gifted speaker with a captivating personality compared to the solemn , sedate Hoover and that no doubt helped him win votes.

There are many factors that contributed to the economic disaster of the Great Depression; so blaming one man for it is certainly unfair. Hoover might however be criticized for his attempts at economic recovery which were largely ineffective by most assessments, compared to the efforts of his successor Franklin Roosevelt.

He wanted people not to panic. He knew the market was over-priced and due for a correction. He did not predict how bad the effects would become. He hoped that people would stand on their own and not expect the government o solve all their problems.

The Great Depression officially began on October 29, 1929 when the stock market crashed. The most prevalent were over speculation in the stock market and overproduction by American farmers. Many were unemployed, many railroad companies went bankrupt, many banks closed, and many farmers were lost due to the farmers not having enough money to pay taxes or mortgages. In direct response to the Great Depression, Hoover believed that everyone should take care of himself or herself, and that this was not the government's responsibility. When this didn't work, Hoover made an effort to pass legislation to ease the harsh effects of the depression. Among his efforts were the creation of a small public works program and the creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The RFC had the power to lend companies money, which would then in turn spend that money on their employees. This technique became known as "pump-priming." However, this technique didn't last long, as Roosevelt did not practice this.

Born in West Branch Iowa- and the only President FROM Iowa.

The bonus army was made up of some 15,000 World War veterans and their supporters who , in 1932, wanted to collect their pensions immediately. Congress listened but voted down their request, so they camped out on the Capitol mall in protest. Eventually, President Hoover, after ample warning, called out the army to force them to leave.

One baby died,supposedly from tear gas. The group moved to a new location and Franklin Roosevelt, who was running against Hoover for president , sent his wife to the new camp to listen to their troubles. The Democrat press made a big show of comparing the way in which Hoover and Roosevelt treated veterans-- Hoover used force to drive them away and Roosevelt sent his wife to listen to them. It may well have cost Hoover some votes.

Hoover believed in trickle down Economics and he didn't provide direct relief to the poor. He also bailed out buisinessess.

He wasn't. Many liberals still call him that because they need to still believe this myth in order to argue that their interventions are necessary, but the truth is the exact opposite.

Hoover believed in strong government leadership, both in good times as well as bad. As Secretary of Commerce, he backed the "Own your own home" campaign, which is similar to Clinton's "National Homeownership Strategy". Even before the crash of '29, he signed the "Agricultural Marketing Act". He believed that public works projects were the solution to recessions and depressions, and campagned for the building of Hoover Dam even before the crash. He increased Federal spending by 60% and raised the top income tax from 20% to 80%. He signed the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act.

Most disastrously, he pressured businesses to keep wages high when their usual response to recessions was to cut wages and lower prices (a necessary move when there has been monetary deflation. There just isn't as much money to go around.) Lee Ohanian of UCLA calculates that this was the cause of 2/3 of the unemployment during the Hoover years of the Great Depression.

Herbert Hoover's Birth Place Is West Branch, Iowa.

He Was Born August 10, 1874

His Parent's Were Jesse Hoover And Hulda Randall ( Minthorn )

One of the first things President Hoover did to combat the effects of The Great Depression was to try to get the Federal Reserve Act repealed. The Federal Reserve Act set limits on how much money the Reserve could release into the economy.

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Charles Curtis was the Vice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the presidency of Herbert Hoover. Charles Curtis was born in Topeka, the capital city of Kansas. He served as the U.S. Senator from Kansas 1915 - 1929. He died in 1936 and was buried in Topeka, Kansas.

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The US president is elected if they win the vote of the Electoral College.

The Government Purchased Surplus Crops From Farmers

Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran against Hoover in 1932 and won rather handily.

Herbert Hoover was impacting the US by helping it ,yet making it worse.

he believed in "rugged individualism" where if the government helps the people they will become to reliant on them and will get them into an even deeper debt. He believed that if he leaves it alone that the economy will eventually fix itself.

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Roosevelt was a Democrat, Hoover was a Republican.

Harding had an Airedale terrier, named Laddie Boy, and a bulldog named Old Boy.

Mrs. Harding kept some canaries.

He promised Americans that there would be a chicken in every pot if elected President. Once elected, the stock marketcrashed, the country plummeted into the worst depression it had ever known and people not only lacked a chicken in their pot, many didn't even have a pot.