Quick Answer. Herbert Hoover served as U.S. president from 1928 to 1932, which was one of the most economically depressed periods in the country's history. Though he cut taxes, invested in public works projects, established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and signed into law the Smoot-Hawley Act, he failed to end the Depression.
MAJOR PERSONALITY STUDY FINDS THAT TRAITS ARE MOSTLY INHERITED. THE genetic makeup of a child is a stronger influence on personality than child rearing, according to the first study to examine identical twins reared in different families. The findings shatter a widespread belief among experts and laymen alike in the primacy of family influence and are sure to engender fierce debate.
''One would not expect the tendency to believe in traditional values and the strict enforcement of rules to be more an inherited than learned trait,'' said David Lykken, a psychologist in the Minnesota project. ''But we found that, in some mysterious way, it is one of traits with the strongest genetic influence.''.'It implies that some aspects of personality are under a great degree of genetic control.''. The traits were measured using a personality questionnaire developed by Auke Tellegen, a psychologist at the University of Minnesota who was one of the principal researchers.