Facts About The Great Depression That Aren’t As Dark And Gloomy As You’re Expecting

… Not A Good Look

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Here’s someone who didn’t get out of the Depression with a positive reputation. During the beginning of the Great Depression Herbert Hoover was the President and took some serious heat from all sides of the aisle because of the economy.

He infamously claimed that the US economy had “passed the worst” and argued that everything would be sorted out shortly in 1930. Well, the Depression didn’t end for another decade. The nickname “Hoover Stew” was coined for food dished out at soup kitchens and “Hoover Blankets” referenced the newspapers that many had to use as blankets.