Herbert Clark Hoover

Birth-Death: (1874 - 1964 ) Term: (1929-1933 )

As President Hoover moved into the White House, the nation seemed prosperous. However, shortly thereafter the nation fell into a depression. The economy of the United States was closely tied with those in Europe, and the two spiralled down together.

Chronology of Herbert Hoover

1929 - Stock market crash

1930 - London Conference limits the size of ships and navies

1931 - U.S. declares a moratorium on World War I debts

1932 - The "Bonus Army" of unemployed war veterans marches on Washington D.C.

1933 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

1933 - 20th Amendment makes Hoover the "Lame Duck" President