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Herbert Hoover

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     challenging words:    well-being, mining, crashed, president, accept, engineer, term, jobs, born, college, government, wife, life, during, died, person
     content words:    Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry, When World War, Great Depression

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Herbert Hoover
By Meg Leonard 		  
1     Herbert Hoover was the thirty-first president. He was born in Iowa in 1874. He grew up in Oregon. He became a mining engineer. Hoover married Lou Henry after college. He and his wife moved to London. When World War I started, Hoover was asked to help. He helped stranded tourists get back home from London. Hoover was given other jobs in the government. Three presidents gave him jobs before he became president. Hoover was a humanitarian. This is a person who looks out for the well-being of other people. Hoover was nominated for president in 1928. He .....
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