Herbert Hoover and Hoovervilles
· Free enterprise ( stay out of businesses )
Introduce socialist measures
· People unhappy, called shanty towns“Hooverville”
High tariffs lowered international trade
We have not yet reached the goal but... we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
- Hoover
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FUN FACT:There are 53 schools in america named for Herbert Hoover
Subjunctive Question
Would Herbert Hoover been more successful if he didn't believe in free enterprise?
Hoover: "Boys, it's an awful thought - but if things don't improve we may have to sacrifice your self-respect, rot your initiative and independence, sap your stamina and courage, and let you degenerate into - poor guys like those over there."
Summary: Herbert Hoover was the president of America during the Wall Street Crash in 1929 and tried to fight the great depression by creating projects such as the Hoover Dam to create more jobs for people.