Herbert+Hoover

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=Herbert Clark Hoover=

=__Biographical Information:__=

Herbert Clark Hoover was born in West Branch, Iowa on August 10, 1874. He grew up in Oregon and applied to Stanford when it opened in 1891. He graduated from Stanford with a degree in Mining Engineering. He then married Lou Henry in the same year he graduated from Stanford, 1899. They went to China where Hoover worked as the lead engineer in the country. They were then caught in the Boxer Rebellion. Hoover built barricades in the effort while his wife worked in the hospitals. When he was in London in 1914, Germany declared war on France, and Hoover helped in getting American tourists back home. he and his commission helped to get 120,000 Americans back to the U.S. then he and his commision had the problem of feeding the German controlled country of Belgium. When the United States got into the war, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover the head of the Food Administration. He fed the allies in Europe without having to enforce rations in the U.S. Hoover, who was now a member of the Supreme Economic Council and head of the American Relief Administration, helped to feed starving Europe and Soviet Russia in 1921. After this service, he was named the Republican nominee for President in 1928.

=__Political Experience__=
 * Secretary of Commerce

=__Presidential Administration__=

Secretary of the Navy: Charles F. Adams
=__Domestic Affairs__= Even though the stock market crashed during his time, he still had many plans for the country. He tried very hard to encourage businesses to practice better business for the betterment of the country. He came into the presidency with many ideas to help with the important issues of the time. His ideas were fine, it was that he was afraid to use his power to opose Congress or be a forceful president. he believed strongly in American individualism, so he was very cautious to use government intervention in any situation.

=__Foreign Affairs__= Since the world was in a depression, he tried to devise plans for foriegn policy that would ease the international situation. he proposed a one year suspension on the WWI debts and reparations. he also sent U.S. Warships to Shanghai, China to protect the U.S. citizens there.He also signed the Hoover-Stimson Doctrine, along with Secretary of Defense Henry L. Stimson, to not recognize the Japanese conquest of Manchuria.

=__Famous Quotes__= "By adherence to the principals of decentralized self-government, ordered liberty, equal oppurtunity, and freedom to the individual, our American experiment in human welfare has yielded a degree of well-being unparelleled in all the world." (1928)

"Ours is a land rich in resources; stimulating in its glorious beauty; filled with millions of happy homes; blessed with comfort and opportunity." (1929)

=__Interesting Facts__= He worked out on the front lawn of the White House for 30 minutes before breakfast everyday. He was the first president to have a telephone right on his desk. His son had two pet alligators that would sometimes wander around the White House. He was the first president who was a millionaire. He had the first nonwhite vice-president, Charles Curtis was a Kaw Indian. He approved the "Star-Spangled Banner" as the National Anthem.

=__Presidential Timeline__= Include a chronological timeline of the most important historical and political events that occured during your president's administration. > =__Images__=
 * (1929) Depression hits after the Stock Market Crashes
 * (1930) He helped the United States and other nations to limit the amount of small naval vessels and large ones, battleships and cruisers, that a nation could have. this was all included in the naval Treaty of 1930.
 * (1931) He let the Depression affected Europeans begin repaying their war debts on July 1 of this year.
 * (1932) on January 7, he and his Secretary of State signed the Stimson doctrine, saying the United States would no longer recognize conquests for territories, so they did not recognize Japan's conquest on Manchuria.

=__Links__=
 * 1) [|http://.omillercenterrg/academic/americanpresident/hoover]
 * 2) http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm
 * 3) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/31_hoover/
 * 4) http://www.classroomhelp.com/lessons/Presidents/hoover.html
 * 5) http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0205570-00