Doom for Hoover Herbert Hoover can be looked at as the thirty first president of the United States, but he can’t say he enjoyed it all. Most people, now of days, could say he was a great man that just had unfortunate timing on when he became president. He was born and raised in Ohio to a family of Quakers. He, his brother, and his sister had somewhat of a hard life. Their father died at when Herbert Hoover was just six. After that, his mother gave them up so she could preach and travel. His mother also died just three years after his father passed, leaving them without parents. They leaved with a guardian, then a grandmother, and lastly, an uncle, so they were handed off to others for their entire lives. After Herbert Hoover grew up, he went …show more content…
Sadly, although he tried many attempted to turn the nation’s economy around, but 1932 1 in every 4 American was unemployed. It got so bad that kids were being forced to work again instead to attend school. On top of that 100,000 people were homeless and lived in Hoover Hotels, or shacks created by wood and carboard. If there were many houses close together, it was called a Hooverville, and empty pockets were known as Hoover flags. Through this Herbert Hoover had created public work organizations and gave farmers and businessmen loans. The 1932 election was quickly approaching and even though his job was challenging, Herbert Hoover ran again. He was hated on whenever he tried and would often have food thrown at him or be yelled at but that didn’t stop him from trying. What sealed to deal for him not winning reelection was when he had to call for help to remove veterans who were angry that Congress didn’t give them their promised bonus for serving. His help became violate and ended in a blind boy, a dead baby, and many injured. After the defeat, he was bitter and felt he was not appreciated for all his efforts, so he and his wife moved home where he fished alone and volunteered a few times. Sadly in 1944, his wife passed away