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= Mona Cheng Herbert Clark Hoover =

Key Personal Details

 * Appointed head of the Food Administration by President Wilson when the U.S. joined the war that Germany declared on France.
 * Served as Secretary of Commerce under President Harding and President Coolidge.

Major events, changes, issues, and decisions during his presidency
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 * ** "Black Tuesday" -- The stock market crashed -- start of the Great Depression. **
 * Hoover was the scapegoat for the Great Depression.
 * Banks Collapsed
 * Idea of Personal Responsibility
 * Even though the economy was bad, people blamed themselves for not having jobs, etc.
 * Spanish Civil War
 * **The Left**
 * Voluntary Associationalism
 * Wanted the businesses to work together
 * ** NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)**
 * Became more successful -- racial barriers in labor unions were broken down.
 * __Entertainment__
 * Radio
 * Literature
 * Movies
 * Television
 * Establishing of the ** Farmers' Holiday Association **
 * Kept crops from being sold -- form of farmers' strike.
 * Hoover Program
 * Scottsboro Case
 * Prison Reforms
 * 1929 ** Agricultural Marketing Act **
 * Helped farmers to maintain their prices and stop them from dropping.
 * 1932 ** Reconstruction Finance Corporation **(RFC)
 * Gave federal loans to companies who are in trouble -- banks, railroads, etc.
 * The Bonus Army

Legacies

 * The Great Depression
 * Laissez-Faire Capitalism
 * Wanted as little government intervention in the economy as possible.
 * Hoover was a passive president.
 * Agricultural Marketing Act
 * Reconstruction Finance Corporation
 * New forms of entertainment
 * The Left
 * Increasing power of the NAACP
 * Prison reforms

Why Hoover is the most important president of the U.S.
Herbert Hoover is the most important president of the United States because he passed the Agricultural Marketing Act and he established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The Agricultural Marketing Act passed greatly helped the farmers who's crop prices were rapidly dropping and because he did this, many farmers were able to stay in business. The establishing of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation helped many businesses, banks, railroads, etc. that were in trouble and were in need of funds. Even though Hoover was a scapegoat for the Great Depression, he did many things that helped the American people.