aThe White House has a unique and fascinating history. It survived a fire at the hands of the British in 1814 (during the war of 1812) and another fire in the West Wing in 1929, while Herbert Hoover was President. Throughout much of Harry S. Truman’s presidency, the interior of the...
What was President Hoover's response to the Great Depression? In keeping with these principles, Hoover's response to the crash focused on two very common American traditions:He asked individuals to tighten their belts and work harder, and he asked the business community to voluntarily help sustain...
Fred Kaplan, Globe Staff
When was John Adams president? When did Gerald Ford become president? When was Theodore Roosevelt vice president? When was Gerald Ford in office? When was Andrew Jackson impeached? When was Abraham Lincoln president? When was Rutherford B. Hayes president? When was Herbert Hoover president? When...
Since 1789, 45 different men have served as President of the United States, and the average age of these men when taking office for the first time was approximately 57 years. Two men, Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump, were elected to two non-consecutive terms, and Donald Trump's victory ...
aIn the end,Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland,and for the courage she had shown,she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe.When she returned to the United States,she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House.From that time on,Amelia Earhart was famous.[transl...
美國聯邦調查局 (FBI)當年的局長"E. HOOVER"(胡佛),曾經大權獨攬,向政府要員政治勒索、向民權份 子進行迫害,「胡佛,胡法;胡佛,胡㆝」幾十年,應該說得㆖是香港前車之鑑。 legco.gov.hk legco.gov.hk [...] that the allegations were denied by his cellmateandhimself when he wasexamined by medic...
We pass the Hoover Dam. CARINE (V.O.) It would be Christmas in a couple of months. And the last news we’d had was about his car being found. I woke up a couple of days ago, and for the first time, I was surprised to realize that it wasn’t only my parents who hadn’t ...
She opened the door a crack, and from my angle I could see a expression of growing disbelief on her face. Then she flung the door wide open and said, “It’s him!” And in stepped President George W. Bush. Talk about a surprise! He was doing what he did in Iraq, using the pop...
about President Hoover: He was left out of the series of stamps about ex-presidents in 1938, not because many people still blamed him for prolonging the Great Depression, but because the Postal Service had a strict role that no living person, not even a president, could appear on a U.S...