Herbert Hoover: A Resource Guide
Related Resources
Designed for elementary and middle school students, America's
Library provides the following stories related to Herbert
Hoover and his administration:
Jump Back in Time: The Empire State Building Opens,
May 1, 1931
Meet Amazing Americans: Patton
and the Bonus March of 1932
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress
This exhibition provides unique insight into various aspects
of American history and culture, including a section on
Hoover's response to the Bonus
Army March.
Herblock’s
History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium
Presents works by cartoonist Herb Block, who chronicled
the nation’s political history and caricatured
American presidents from Herbert
Hoover to Bill
Clinton.
"I
Do Solemnly Swear..." Inaugural Materials from the
Collections of the Library of Congress
Items from presidents are featured in this
online exhibition, including a photograph of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover in a convertible
automobile at Roosevelt's inauguration,
March 4, 1933.
American Memory Timeline: Americans React to the Great
Depression
Contains short essays on different aspects of the Great
Depression and links to related primary source materials
found within American Memory.
Prints
& Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Search PPOC using the subject heading Hoover,
Herbert, 1874-1964 to find digital images related
to Hoover such as prints, photographs, and political
cartoons. Search
all text fields in PPOC using the phrase Herbert
Hoover to locate additional images.
May 1
On May 1, 1931, with the press of a button in Washington,
D.C., President Herbert Hoover turned on the lights of
the Empire State Building.
July 8
On July 8, 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell
to its lowest point during the Great Depression. This
event was symptomatic of a decade of economic uncertainty
that was precipitated by the crash in the fall of 1929,
when U.S. stock prices declined dramatically. The resulting
panic devastated the fortunes of many investors and caused
major declines in consumption, industrial production,
and employment, which in turn affected the U.S. and world
economy for the next ten years.
July 28
On July 28, 1932, protesters known as the "Bonus
Army," or “Bonus Expeditionary Forces (B.E.F.),” who
had gathered in the nation's capital to demand an immediate
lump-sum payment of pension funds (benefits) for their
military service during World War I, were confronted by
Federal troops (cavalry, machine-gunners, and infantry)
following President Herbert Hoover’s orders to
evacuate.
December 21
On December 21, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge signed
the Boulder Canyon Project Act intended to dam the 1,400
mile Colorado River and distribute its water for use
in Arizona , California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico,
Utah, and Wyoming. Hoover Dam, considered a wonder of
civil engineering, was constructed in Black Canyon, on
the Arizona-Nevada border. Often referred to as Boulder
Dam, the site was officially named after Herbert Hoover,
an engineer actively engaged in the dam's development
and distribution of its water rights, and president-elect
on this day in 1928.
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