Herbert Hoover
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- proper noun
- /ˈhɜrbərt ˈhuːvər/
- When Herbert Hoover sought re-election in 1932, he had been overseeing an economy in free fall for three years, and voters had no confusion about whom they should blame.
- Herbert Hoover was president
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Herbert Hoover was a successful businessman, too.
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The last time we had prolonged unemployment like this was under FDR and Herbert Hoover.
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We learned our lesson in 1929 during the Great Depression when President Herbert Hoover decided to let the economy fix itself without government help, which worsened the economy.
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Herbert Hoover tried to rope FDR into maintaining his policies, including rigid adherence to the gold standard and fiscal austerity.
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During his presidency, Herbert Hoover faced the terrible onset of the Great Depression.
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Many historians argue that Herbert Hoover's policies contributed to the economic challenges of the 1930s.
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Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, serving from 1929 until 1933.
Synonyms
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The 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 at the start of the Great Depression
Surface Forms
Morphology
Herbert + Hoover
This is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; the constituents 'Herbert' and 'Hoover' are personal names that carry no lexical indication of '31st President' or the Great Depression. A B1 learner who only knows the individual names would not be able to derive this encyclopedic meaning, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Herbert Hoover is the name of the 31st US president who was president when the stock market crashed in 1929 and the Great Depression began. Because he led the country at that start, his name is often linked to that hard time, and the big Hoover Dam was named after him.