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=Herbert Clark Hoover =

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Herbert Clark Hoover was born in Iowa and raised in Wisconsin. After graduating from Stanford University, he worked for a successful global mining company and later started his own, amassing a fortune of over $4 million.



Before his presidency, Herbert Hoover helped American tourists stranded in Europe return home, eventually helping over 120,000 people. He was then appointed the Head of the American Relief Administration by President Wilson. He fed war ravaged countries like Belgium and Poland and soon became the Republican nominee for President in 1928. The photo to the left shows Hoover with Polish children after World War I.



Hoover was elected President in 1928 and vowed he would end poverty in America. Within months of saying that, the stock market crashed and America entered into a severe depression. Homeless Americans then constructed small tented shack-towns they nicknamed "Hoovervilles" after the President they believed led them into the Depression. The picture to the right shows an example.



He soon became a scapegoat for The Depression and at the end of his Presidency, Herbert Hoover was said to be the most hated President at the time. His strive for re-election in 1932 failed badly.

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