What Makes George Herbert Hoover A Good President

Because of the plague known as the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover is often seen as one of the worst presidents in American history. He enacted policies such as the Hawley-Smoot Tariff that flushed America deeper into the depression. Hoover didn't understand that to solve a crisis such as a depression, he needed to interact directly with the people by using programs such as social security and welfare. Instead, Hoover had the idea that if he were to let the depression run its course, it would eventually end. There are three things that can be used to define Hoover's presidency during the depression, his actions, his mentality toward fixing things, and the fact that he helped pave the way for the “New Deal”

Unemployment skyrocketed. Without jobs people lost their homes. It was such a disaster. Things turned around but just took some time. Once Roosevelt became president in 1932 he made sure to push for changes. The New Deal was his plan for recovery. The New Deal kept banks opened. This New Deal put people back work. Due to the WPA The Workers Progress Administration program employed so many. There were many schools, roads and even hiking trails to be built and planned out and this was the prefect job for someone who was kind of desperate and just wanted to work. In the end to many thought that President Roosevelt was a hero because it was obvious he cared deeply for the people. Roosevelt did his best to end the depression. The new deal eased the hardship of the Great Depression. Things were still horrible by the end of 1930s but there was light at the end of the tunnel. The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1941 but once the War started there were other things to focus on. There were things that were needed for the war such as Weapons, artillery, ships, and airplanes were needed quickly. Men were trained to become soldiers. The woman of course was left to take care of the home life and keep the

Calvin Coolidge was Warren G. Harding's vice president and also became the 30th president of the United States. Coolidge did not support big government and made big tax cuts with the Revenue Act of 1929. He also signed the Air Commerce Act that gave the Commerce Department the power to regulate the aviation industry. He is most known for signing the Indian Citizenship Act. This act gave all American Indians United States Citizenships but allowed them to keep all of their tribal lands.

“The president is not only the leader of the party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people”- Herbert Hoover. America’s 31st president is forced to tackle the great depression and help saving others from starvation. Herbert Hoover, born in Iowa Village in 1874. At ten years old Herbert Hoover, an orphan, but then later adopted by his uncle and grew up in Oregon, which is where he attended Quaker schools. Hoover enrolled at Stanford University when the school opened in 1891, which he then graduated as a mining engineer. Herbert Hoover altered humanity in a positive way because of economic effects as well as cultural effects. Herbert Hoover altered humanity in a positive way because of economic effect, including, provided others with homes to stay in, loaning money and attempting to stop the Great Depression. Hoover also affected humanity in a positive way because of cultural effects such as, providing them with supplies, and saving people with the help of the peace army from disease and lastly Hoover helped save numerous amounts of people by providing others with food.

Every president wishes and promises to fix all of the current president’s problems and to try and “fix” America within their term. But for some presidents have it harder than others like President Herbert Hoover. Hoover had no idea what in his only term presidency would be stored in for him, maybe like a disastrous stock crash that left a great amount of parvatery.

Throughout the Great Depression people were getting tired and annoyed of President Hoover. For example, “Hoover was widely criticized for providing public funds to pay for food for farmers” (Hayes). Hoover was paying for the farmers but not for the civilians that were struggling, This is when he was criticized and people wanted a change in presidency. During the Great Depression, Hoover didn’t help the citizens at all and they blamed the Depression on him. This was how President Hoover got the people tired of him and annoyed of him. He didn’t help the citizens because he was afraid the United States would go into debt.

Before Theodore Roosevelt became President, he had accumulated quite the political experience. Early on, after graduating from Harvard College, he entered public service and was elected to the New York State Assembly at the age of 23, and served two terms as the leader of a reform faction of Republicans. He then took a break to have a family and raise his children,he returned to New York and unsuccessfully ran for Mayor in 1886. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under William McKinley, resigning after one year to serve with the Rough Riders, where he gained national fame for courage during the Spanish–American War. Returning a war hero, he was elected governor of New York in 1898. This was didn 't last long, as Roosevelt was put up to the role of Vice President and McKinley’s running mate in the election of 1900. He campaigned earnestly which lead to the landslide victory. His time as Vice President was quiet, and eventually lead to him being sworn in as the President of the United States when President McKinley was assassinated in September of 1901. Only 42 years old when he took office, he was the youngest

Herbert Hoover rose to public prominence during World War I as the Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, a non-profit, multi-national, non-governmental organization that provided food for more than 9,000,000 Belgian and French civilians trapped behind the front lines. In 1923 Herbert was made this thing called American Child Health Association. It helps kids in very needy times. He was president of the ACHA till 1928. He received thousands of letters from people all over the great continent of europe. That's because he gave them meals in the time of need. Hoover was so successful that he got appointed as secretary of commerce under President Warren Harding. In the U.S. presidential election of 1928, Hoover ran as the Republican

Magazines, newspaper, people all over the United States wanted Hoover to run for president. People like F.D.R and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, wanted Hoover to run for president and under a democratic campaign. For a while Hoover hadn’t said what party he would campaign with, but on March 30, 1920 he announced that he was a Republican. Hoover ran in the Election of 1928. Herbert Hoover was a Republican and ran against Alfred E. Smith a Democrat (Foner 636). Hoover won by a landslide and became President of the United States in

Herbert Herbert is America’s 31st President and served between the years 1929-1933. He was president during some tough times such as the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. These were tough tasks for a president and since the Great Depression lasted so long, I don’t believe that he handled them very well so I believe that Herbert Hoover belongs in the hall of shame.

Herbert Hoover was elected president in 1928. One year later, in 1929, the stock market crashed. This awful event is what many people remember him by and often blame him for. But before this, he was recognized for his great humanitarian work. He started his own engineering business after graduating college. Working at an engineering firm in San Francisco California, Hoover made partners in a different company and and began looking at mining sites traveling the word. Later in his career, Herbert Hoover worked for this company. When Herbert was done working for the company, he started his own engineering business. Herbert Hoovers business mainly focused on helping other businesses that were failing or close to failing.

According to Leuchtenberg’s biography Herbert Hoover, the primary factor that caused Hoover’s inadequate performance was his inability to effectively lead as a president. Leuchtenberg states in the biography that President Hoover was not the most "effective galvanizer." Even with Hoover’s successful history with economics and coordinating of political activities, it was evidently not enough for him to lead the nation with.

In the year of 1930 Herbert Hoover was president, he was the 31st president of the U.S. He served from 1929 to 1933. On February 18, 1930 the dwarf planet Pluto was ddiscovered in Flagstaff, Arizona. In March 1930, over 3.2 million people were unemployed because of the stock market crash in 1929. To make money in New York because of the stck market crash around 6,000

Hoover raised as a Quaker applied many of his beliefs to his work as a mining engineer. Hoover learned to value the importance of freedom, charity, the power of an individual, and the value of diligent work. Hoover continued to work as a mining engineer, although he had a strong desire for public service. Hoover identified himself as a Republican. World War 1 put Herbert Hoover in the forefront of American politics. When the war broke out in London, the U.S consul contacted Hoover and asked him to organize an evacuation of over 100,000 Americans trapped in Europe. Hoover and many of his wealthy friends came together and created the Committee for the Relief of Belgium, after Germany's brutal invasion of Belgium. Hoover successful pulled this off without any government help; he was able to gain several millions of dollars to supply Belgians with much-needed medicine and food. Hoover ran the U.S. Food Administration at the request of President

Spectators gaze with wide eyes as the Shrike Commander screams to earth with both of the two engines out, the pilot must be out of control! Then, the aircraft pitches up and flies feet above the ground. The pilot then pulls up for a loop. The flight control inputs are flawless as a perfect circle shape is make in the sky. When the aircraft recovers, the pilot pitches up again and does a sixteen point roll. Still with no engines, the pilot turns to final approach for the runway and lands just on the left wheel. The aircraft then touches down both mains and comes to a haut. The pilot steps out of the beach craft and the crowds sees the most ah inspiring aviator on earth, Bob Hoover.