The Main Idea Herbert Hoover came to office with a clear philosophy of government, but the events of the Great Depression overwhelmed his responses. Reading.
Great Depresssion I. The Stock Market Crash of 1929. Speculation fuels a wild stock market boom in the late 1920’s. A. Only a small % of Americans owned.
The Presidency of Herbert Hoover. Elected in 1929 Hoover was a millionaire and claimed that “anyone not only can be rich, but ought to be rich”
Great Depresssion