Did president Hoover have any successful policies during the Depression?
Dancermegz, good question. He was instrumental in having “Hoover Dam” built – this provided many needed jobs to the American Southwest that people soon forget. He also was instrumental in negotiating the Colorado River Compact – as important to the Southwest of Water as is the Declaration of Independence for the Nation as a whole – or U.S. Constitution for Civil Liberties and Rights. The “Compact” is THAT important. (See the link attached below). Herbert Hoover had visited the Lower Colorado region often in the years before World War I. He was familiar with both its problems and its potential for development. So it came as no surprise that, upon becoming Secretary of Commerce in 1921, one of Hoover’s earliest proposed initiatives was the construction of a high dam in Boulder Canyon. In addition to essential flood control, the dam would make possible the expansion of irrigated farming in the parched region. It would also provide a dependable supply of water for Los Angeles and other Sou
