Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

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Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover had some hopeful words to share with Americans in 1928. He said that the day was in sight “when poverty will be banished from this nation.” As it turned out, that was wishful thinking. Beneath the glitter of the

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