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The Impact Of Herbert Hoover 's Impact On The United States

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January 13, 2017
Period: 2
Alex Gordon
The Impact of Herbert Hoover

On August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa the future 31st president was born. Herbert Hoover grew up in a small Quaker village in Iowa and his father, Jesse Hoover, was one of the village blacksmiths and merchants and was very well known. Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover, his mother, was active around the town with helping others and she was a minister in the Society of Friends. Sadly, Both of Hoover’s parents died when he was fairly young, his father died in 1880 and later his mother in 1884. From this point forward, his career was just beginning. During his career, he was a Presidential Administrator, he helped the U.S during World War 1, and eventually became President …show more content…

In the role of being the Secretary Commerce, Hoover encouraged the formation of trade associations, and was an advocate for farmers, and was really interested in seeking overseas markets for American businesses so they would have more success. When Hoover was secretary of commerce one thing really made him stand out. In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded, which left 350,000 people with nowhere to live and most of them didn’t have the resources to survive. Hoover was very influential in making sure the families that were affected by the flood were taken care of with food, clothing, and housing. With such care and respect for the families that lost everything, this publicity made him one of the most famous secretary of commerce the U.S. has ever seen. Because of his success, in 1928 Hoover was nominated and elected president of the United States. (Benson) The United States was enjoying a period of peace and quiet. Everything couldn’t be better; U.S. businesses were growing, manufactured goods and raw materials scattered throughout the United States to the rest of the world, and technology was developing at an impressive and a reasonably fast rate.(Benson) After being nominated and elected president of the United States in 1928, Hoover had an even bigger and more complicated responsibility at hand. At the end of his Inaugural Address he states, “No country is more loved by its people. I have an abiding faith in their capacity,

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