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Herbert Hoover had been president for little than a twelvemonth erstwhile the Crash of 1929 initiated the Great Depression, an epochal lawsuit successful American past that would spot his sanction adjacent the bottommost of statesmanlike rankings. But the technologist and concern magnate, who made respective fortunes successful his 20s, is besides remembered arsenic a large humanitarian for feeding respective cardinal starving Belgians during World War I, and for introducing a assortment of innovations successful American life, from standardized postulation lights to beverage cartons. Mo Rocca examines Hoover's singular emergence (from humble beginnings to the White House) and his singular fall.
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