Articles related to "Election Of 1928"Herbert Hoover's background as a self-made man and international humanitarian qualified him to lead the nation but events swiftly neutralized his leadership competence.
Herbert Hoover's first foray into politics came when President Harding named him Commerce Secretary in 1920. It was from here that the road to the White House was paved.
Herbert Hoover's "noble experiment" came out of Utopian idealism that failed to understand the national psyche and lacked the funds and manpower for enforcement.
After a decade of trying to control alcohol consumption in the United States, lawmakers gave up and repealed Prohibition.
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