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  2. 1932 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    As Hoover's final State of the Union Address, it came at the height of the Great Depression and during the transition period following his loss to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election. Hoover's speech reflected the deep economic crisis the country was facing, with unemployment reaching unprecedented levels and widespread ...

  3. Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia

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    Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and was the director of the U.S. Food Administration, followed by post-war relief of Europe.

  4. 1931 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1931 State of the Union Address was delivered by President Herbert Hoover on December 8, 1931, in the midst of the Great Depression.Hoover's third address to Congress focused on efforts to address the ongoing economic crisis through both government and private sector initiatives, with an emphasis on cooperation and limited government intervention.

  5. Herbert Hoover New Deal-era warnings offer key wisdom ... - AOL

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    Hoover argued that it was the American system of liberty that allowed an individual to advance. Orphaned at an early age, Hoover just as Lincoln had done, had advanced in life on his own initiative.

  6. Presidency of Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia

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    Hoover shared this belief, and he sought to avoid a budget deficit through greatly increased tax rates on the wealthy. To pay for government programs and to make up for revenue lost due to the Depression, Hoover signed the Revenue Act of 1932. The act increased taxes across the board, so that top earners were taxed at 63 percent on their net ...

  7. Why do Black voters usually vote with the Democratic ... - AOL

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    The era of the 1930s was another turning point, as President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, a collection of social safety net programs, helped Black families recover from the Great Depression.

  8. 1930 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1930 State of the Union Address was delivered by President Herbert Hoover on December 2, 1930, in the second year of his presidency and during the early stages of the Great Depression. Hoover focused on the government's response to the economic crisis, which included promoting voluntary cooperation between businesses, labor, and government ...

  9. Great Depression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression (1959). scholarly history online; Watkins, T. H. The Great Depression: America in the 1930s. (2009) online; popular history. Wecter, Dixon. The Age of the Great Depression, 1929–1941 (1948), scholarly social history online; Wicker, Elmus. The Banking Panics of the Great Depression (1996) White, Eugene N.