President Hoover And The Great Depression

The Great Depression was one of the America's most trying events in history. President Hoover spent four years trying to solve the problem, he could not succeed. He promised the people that it would run it's course, and then it would be over and the economy would bounce back. Over the next three years this could not have been more untrue. In the year 1930 there were about 4 million people without work, by 1931 that number became 6 million. Eventually, Hoover called the nations most prominent bankers to the white house in order to come up with ways to defeat the depression. Nobody could come up with anything, and Hoover decided that the nation was doomed. He packed up his bags that day and left the white house. March 4, 1933 was the