Hoover's presidency began amidst grand optimism as the prosperity of the 1920s carried him into office. Timing was not ... and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing ...

Hoover's presidency began amidst grand optimism as the prosperity of the 1920s carried him into office. Timing was not ... and the Great Depression set in, Herbert Hoover was not the do-nothing ...