Herbert Hoover and Hoovervilles
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- Free Enterprise
- Introduces socialist measures
- People unhappy "Hoovervilles"
- Replaced by Franklin D.Roosevelt in 1932 election
Summary: Herbert Hoover was the President of the US before Franklin Roosevelt. He introduced Free Enterprise, as well as some socialist measures. At this time people were very unhappy, and "Hoovervilles" were usually in large cities.
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Quote: Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves. - Herbert Hoover
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