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Ibiblio: Herbert Hoover the Basics WebsiteIbiblio: Herbert Hoover the Basics Website
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9th - 10th
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Ibiblio: Herbert Hoover the Basics

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This site is a compilation of the captions that appear in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. What results is a thorough look at Hoover's life. Divided into nine parts to make navigation easier. Also includes fact sheet for general overview. Provides information on his wife, Lou Henry Hoover.

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economics, herbert hoover, the great depression

Additional Tags

1920s, boom and bust, humanitarian, ibiblio, presidents, u.s. presidents, anacostia flats, belgian relief, democrat, great depression, lou henry, lou henry hoover, stock market crash

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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Ibiblio: Herbert Hoover

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