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Herbert Hoover Birth: August 10, 1874 Death: October 20, 1964 Party: Republican Term: March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 Vice President: Charles Curtis Herbert Hoover is someone that could be considered as a born leader. Herbert Hoover did many things in his life that involved leadership like his job as a miner, in his writings and as a husband and father. Herbert Hoover seemed like he would be a great President based on his goals to get there. He was a very determined person and always wanted to succeed. Hoover also became the director of the American Relief Committee. Hoover was also very intelligent and strived for nothing but the best. With all these qualities but together Hoover seemed like a fine President in the making but because of all the negatives that happened during his presidency, he did not meet the goal of having a perfect country. Hoover I believe deserves a C- for his time in office.

Hoover strived for nothing but the best. This followed to his presidency. Hoover believed if brought into office he was going to make the country better than ever. Hoover had many goals lined up he wanted to accomplish. First, he wanted to help the suffering farmers, immigrants, tariffs and to fix foreign policy. He wanted to achieve these goals by making advances for all the problems. To do this he would open up waterways for trade with the farmers and would like to affiliate the United States with other countries as well. Hoover’s intentions and goals were great but because only a few minor things change while in office the outcome of his goals were very negative.

Hoover and Congress did not have the best relationship. This was because Congress was overwhelmingly Republican during Hoover’s four years in office. Hoover passed many Acts to try to better the country. First came the Norris-LaGuardia Act and Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, which was one of the main causes to the Great Depression. Hoover also established the Federal Farm Board to help with the agricultural problems. When the depression started, Hoover enacted the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which tried to help organizations. Many Democrats were against Hoover and upset at Hoover because of the Great Depression. Hoover had a difficult time with Congress and because of the disagreements between them not much could be accomplished.

Hoover did have many negatives during in his presidency, but there were also some positives. Hoover did two very important things during his time as President. One would be the “Good Neighbor” policy, which helped the South of the U.S. and Central America. It may not have seemed like a big impact at the time but the positive outcome that was left continues still today. Secondly, Hoover was very passionate about the farmers. He realized that the country depended on farmers and agriculture. He provided as much aid as possible to the farmers and their struggles.

Hoover did have many negatives as well, which affected the country and his presidency greatly. The Great Depression was one of the worst things to happen in the United States. Hoover did try to put in a large amount of effort into solving the problems of the country but things were not executed the proper way. First of all, Hoover did not bring the government into the picture right away when a large crisis like this needs government help. Many other problems would be the Dust Bowl in the west, the dropping economy all over the country and issues with European countries. Things could have been handled better during Hoover’s presidency and enhanced choices could have been made.

Hoover did leave a lasting impact on other Presidents just not in the most positive way. Because of Hoover’s failures during his presidency, Presidents like F.D.R. learned from his mistakes. Many presidents tried not to follow Hoover’s decision-making skills during there presidencies. F.D.R. created the New Deal, which helped solve many problems from the Great Depression and helped better the country. Overall, Hoover had great intentions as a president but they were not executed. Hoover’s bad decisions lead America too many problems, because of this he deserves a C.

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