Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States. He was president at the time of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and was the scapegoat for the depression, leading to his defeat in the 1932 election. Here is the government's website on Herbert Hoover: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html

Democrats blamed him for the great depression.

Herbert Hoover's middle name was Clark

There was a bill passed in 1929 before Hoover was president to deport illegal Mexican immigrants. Hoover did his job to enforce it, expressing objection to people who did not respect the law and citing a need for jobs by US citizens Unfortunately, probably without Hoover's knowledge, some legal immigrants, particularly US born children of illegal adults were deported as well.

In 1914, Hoover directed The American War Relief In Belgium. Organizing returned American veterans, His volunteers handed out aid in various forms. After German invasion of Belgium, Hoover joined forces with a Belgian relief agency and fed the country for the balance of the war. In addition to other massive European aid efforts, Hoover was lauded by Woodrow Wilson, Hoover was made head of the Food Administration in 1917.

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While the voters in 1932 blamed Hoover and his policies for causing the Great Depression, he had a remarkable career as a public servant and politician. During World War I he helped rescue Americans stranded in Europe (he had made his millions in mining by the time he was 40), and helped supply food and supplies to Belgium. He became the economic adviser to President Wilson at Versailles and organized relief for famine struck Russia during their revolution. He became Secretary of Commerce during the 1920s and was elected President in 1928. His policies during the Depression, especially his use of the military to disperse the war veterans demanding their pensions, caused the public to regard him dis-favorably until years later. In retirement Hoover organized relief work after World War II and served on two commissions on government reorganization before he died at age 90, in 1964.

He thought it would actually delay an economic recovery. Money borrowed must be paid back which is always hard to do. If the money is not paid back, the interest on it much be paid. It is tempting to borrow money to pay the interest and so the interest increases and become more burdensome. Taxes have to be raised just to pay the interest and increased taxes tend to restrict.

Hoover was outstanding as a mining engineer, not only the technical side but the business side. He was excellent at organizing and administration large-scale projects and operation. He also was a man of great personal integrity, character and honesty. (not a typical politician.)

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Herbet Hoover and FDR were very different. Hoover felt that it wasn't the government's obligation to help the poor. However, FDR was all about getting involved and helping (which led to his creation of The New Deal). Hoover was all about a hands-off government where FDR was hands on. Hoover blamed the economic slum on foreign countries where FDR felt the origin of the Great Depression had no relevance.

The main reason that Hoover lost was the fact that the US was in a great depression. The stock market collapsed, businesses and banks failed and people lost their jobs and their farms. Times were really tough and Hoover believed in a free market economy.

Herbert Hoover was a traditional Republican who favored laissez-faire policies. That is, he did not believe in government intervention, and wanted to avoid having people become dependent on government assistance. Further, he was certain this economic cycle would soon recover and straighten itself out. Thus, although he did take some smaller actions to try to improve the economy, he did not forcefully intervene; and by the time it became apparent that his approach wasn't working, it was too late. Many historians of his day believed he lost the election in 1932 because the public blamed him and his policies for the Depression. (It should also be noted that some modern-day historians, especially those who are conservatives, have defended his policies and have insisted the Depression was not his fault.)

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Construction of a major dam on the Colorado River.

He was a democrat who served in the cabinets of presidents Wilson and Harding

He supported business

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Hoover believed businesses made a positive contribution to society.

businesses and individuals would work together t o end the crisis

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Rugged Individualism

While not believing in charity by the government, Hoover did try and help the economic mess that began during his administration. He gave much of his money to charity and encouraged Americans to do the same. He broke with Republicans and did away with the taxes that had been placed on citizens during the Coolidge administration. He thought that would allow for more income being spent to help the economy rebound. He spent $500 million a year on public works and government programs to build or improve government properties. The most famous was the Hoover (Boulder) Dam. Congress established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (continued by FDR) which created an agency to help banks, railroads, and other key businesses to stay in business thus helping the economy. All of these things could not stem the tide of the economic collapse. Hoover believed in a balanced budget and not pumping government money into the economy. He believed in "rugged individualism" and relied on the individual, the churches and private charities, and the local and state governments to handle most of the economic help that was needed.

He believed that by helping business, he was also helping individuals.

President Hoover went with the flow of the American people. After the first world war, the American people were hesitant when dealing with European affairs; thus America entered an "isolationist" period. Hoover did very little with foreign relations until the very end of his term. He realized that being on good terms with Latin America was important to help with guarding the wester hemisphere. FDR would then take this idea to the next level with his "good neighbor policy".