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The Causes Of President Herbert Hoover And The Great Depression

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The reasoning behind what actually caused the great depression is contentious. Most Americans will cite the stock market crash of 1929 caused the Great Depression. On the other hand, if one were to ask an economists, many opinions and facts will be brought to light. US policy is large factor when discussing the causations.
Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States of America (1929-1933) had a main role in changing US policy. President Hoover, was born in 1874, grew up in the state of Oregon and graduated as a mining engineer from Stanford. He spent most of his life before Presidency abroad. Hoover was present, before during and after the Boxer Rebellion in China. He worked to feed Belgium’s during their German occupied years of World War I. Then Hoover moved onto provide relief work in Russia until the United States entered the war. President Wilson appointed him head of Food Administration, then the American Relief Administration. In 1920 he began to serve as the Commerce Secretary under President Harding and the continued with President Coolidge. When he became the Republican Presidential Nominee in 1928 Herbert Hoover stated, "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land”. A great statement, however months later the stock market crashed and the United States went into the Great Depression, or what is considered a lost decade.
President Hoover’s policies were learned from World War I’s

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