Herbert Hoover's Failures
Unemplyment was between 25% and 33% while Hoover was president for 4 years.
He was the 31st president
People came up with names for certain things that Hoover caused:
"Hooverville" represented the dirty shacks and state of being that the unemployed and homeless were in
"Hoover flags" were the turned-out pockets of men in bread lines.
"Hooverize," was positive images in the public mind in 1917. But soon people's minds changed greatly after Hoover did nothing for them.
"Hooverville" represented the dirty shacks and state of being that the unemployed and homeless were in
"Hoover flags" were the turned-out pockets of men in bread lines.
"Hooverize," was positive images in the public mind in 1917. But soon people's minds changed greatly after Hoover did nothing for them.
The main reason Hoover was renominated by the Republicans was because nominating someone else would be like admitting to failures in office.
Hoover blamed the Depression on the aftermath of World War 1.
Hoover believed that the government should not do anything about the economy. So, he did not help those in need.