Jerry‚ I think you made some excellent points in your discussion of J Edgar Hoover. While Hoover was responsible for major changes in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)‚ he was not an angel and some of his views and tactics were controversial. Hoover was strongly American in his views‚ he was strongly against any type of activity or ideology that he considered anti-American. One program developed by Hoover was counterintelligence program‚ better known as COINTELPRO. This program came to
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HERBERT CLARK HOOVER Herbert Clark Hoover was a President of the United States of America that faced many challenges as President. He was elected to office as a Republican with what many believe to be a guaranteed win due to many splits with in the Democratic party. But after obtaining the Office he faced his first major hurdle as President when the stock market fell. Contrary to popular belief President Hoover was a good president because of his work as a geologist‚ miner‚ public
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Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt both served as President during the Great Depression. Hoover was a Republican and Roosevelt was a Democrat‚ which means they both had different ideas and plans to deal with the Great Depression. Both these Presidents had a similar approach with economic policies‚ by using the federal government to help recover the country. Roosevelt was more involved than Hoover to fight through the depression and Roosevelt was more supportive to the people and inform them that
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well-respected attorney turned banker who leveraged his money and power to become the face of the anti-pornography movement during the 1960s and 1970s. If his name isn’t familiar‚ this staunch conservative was portrayed in the film The People vs. Larry Flynt. According to Keating‚ pornography was part of a “communist conspiracy” and he founded an anti-pornography group‚ Citizens for Decent Literature. In response to the zealous efforts by Keating and other advocates‚ Congress in 1967 authorized a
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President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt both played a significant role in promoting economic opportunities during the Great Depression based on their own political ideologies. For example‚ Herbert Hoover’s reacted based on his conservative viewpoint and President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a liberal viewpoint. Both presidents succeeded in promoting economic opportunities during the hard times‚ but I believe that President Roosevelt’s actions succeeded in advancing economic opportunities
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There have been quite a few films that we were assigned to watch for this class. The one film that stood out to me the most‚ I would have to say is “Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary.” Everybody should have the ability to go to school‚ especially children‚ regardless of the fact that they are illegal immigrants. People come to America in hopes of a better lifestyle not only for themselves but their family as well. This film focuses on Prop 187‚ which denies illegal aliens from receiving public
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Just five days later things got far worse. This day is known as “Black Tuesday” on October 29th‚ 1929 more than 30$ billion dollars in “securities self-destructed” (103). Many presidents that came before Hoover had also dealt with economic hardships and ultimately did nothing. And just like Hoovers predecessors he too ended up doing nothing‚ he was also coined the nickname the “do-nothing president” (104). At first he seemed to do a lot during mid November he held council for nine days he brought
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look for help to one person and one person only. The president. Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt were the presidents that people were looking for guidance when the stock market crashed‚ causing “The Great Depression.” These were the two presidents who witnessed the start and fall of the Great Depression. As they were in presidency‚ they had different ideas and approached the Great Depression in different ways. Hoover was more conservative and he believed helping everyone in the economy would
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Hoover was only thwarted from breaking the firm American tradition of laissez-faire during a depression by the fact that the severe but short-lived depression of 1920-21 was over soon after he took office. He also faced some reluctance on the part of Harding and the Cabinet. As it was‚ however‚ Hoover organized a federal committee on unemployment‚ which supplied unemployment relief through branches and subbranches to every state‚ and in numerous cities and local communities. Furthermore‚ Hoover organized
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Introduction The 1930’s‚ known as the Great Depression Era‚ were a time of economic struggles for the American People. The United States Government was faced with multiple issues‚ having an economic depression at home‚ and trying to avoid getting involved with foreign affairs going on in Europe. Although it was a time of difficulty‚ a lot of good came out of this era. Inventions would make life easier‚ and there was a rise in entertainment as the movie industry grew‚ and great novels depicted the
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