Herbert Hoover

On March 4, 1933 FDR became the 32nd president and it was up to him to devise a plan to help the nation get out of the Great Depression. He developed a proposal called the New Deal. The New Deal contained programs that provided funds and ideas to help fight the effects of the depression. For example, it would help aid those hungry, unemployed, homeless, broke, and etc. When the stock market crashed, more than 12 million Americans were unemployed and 1 million were absolutely broke. FDR’s New…

Before Texas experienced its historical and great Oil Boom in 1901, Texas was deserted with only minor businesses in small towns and great acres of farm land. After the great Oil Boom first hit in Beaumont, the Texas landscape and the small towns in Texas changed dramatically. The oil industry grew rapidly and effected Texas and the people living in small towns economically, environmentally, and personally. Oil became the new “black gold” everyone wanted to get their hands on, but had its own…

In order to communicate with people effectively, people may need to resort to rhetorical devices that enable them to convey what they are trying to say in a powerful way. On March 4th, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his First Inaugural Address to the American people as he became the thirty second president of the United States. In his address, Roosevelt used a variety of rhetorical devices to inform the people that the Great Depression would be overcome through his leadership and decision…

This lead to food prices declining, making farming completely unprofitable. In an ironic twist, farmers had to abandon rotting fields of food while people starved in every state. Then in 1932, Hoover resigned from office and the calm, optimistic Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the next President. By the time he was in office, close to 15 million Americans were unemployed and 20% of them were homeless. Roosevelt immediately went into work…

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, just after president Franklin Roosevelt died. He wasn’t a very successful president, but he was able to face steep situations. He had overcame with many difficult challenges. The main accomplishments was that he ended World War 2,and helped rebuild Europe. Harry S. Truman was born on 1884, May 8, in a farm in Lamar, Missouri. In his early life, he worked on his family farm and did other work before he became a soldier. When the united…

The original Capitol Building of North Dakota, built during the year of 1883, was not as tall or modern as the more recently built capital building, so when it burned down on December 28 of 1930, it was considered more of an opportunity than a loss. It was constructed five years before North Dakota’s statehood and stood for fair 47 years before burning to the ground. The Original Capitol Building of North Dakota was constructed to house the government of the state and to serve as a…

By the year 1933, the United States of America had already blundered through more than three years of the great depression. Factual evidence clearly illustrates the failure of the great depression, “More than 11,000 of 24,000 banks had failed, destroying the savings of depositors. Millions of people were out of work and seeking jobs” (Nation Archives). Additionally, many were working at jobs that barely provided an adequate wage to live off of. The value of the American dollar doped and had no…

Richard Yao Mrs. Holmes Academic English 3 23 March 2016 Great Leaders Rough Draft Franklin D. Roosevelt, notorious fascist or eminent provisioner? Some politicians have criticised Roosevelt for centralising government power, yet what most people remember was his remarkable efforts in foreseeing and solving domestic issues. As the only United States President to be elected to four consecutive terms, Franklin D. Roosevelt has become one of the most prominent members of American politics for…

Calvin Coolidge was a quiet and somber man whose sour expression masked a dry wit. He was known as "Silent Cal." And after learning of his ascendancy to the presidency following the death of Warren Harding in 1923, he was sworn in by his father, a justice of the peace, in the middle of the night and, displaying his famous "cool," promptly went back to bed. Coolidge was born on Independence Day, 1872, and was raised in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. His father was a pillar of the community,…

Why didn’t President Hoover do anything to try and stop the Great Depression? President Hoover was widely criticized for not helping the citizens and just the farmers. People were struggling and needed help from someone with competency. People would go to the streets and would build small huts out of scrap wood, and call them “Hoovervilles”. Throughout the Great Depression, people were becoming homeless and unemployed because President Hoover didn’t do anything to try and help them. Throughout…