Asked by armando

Who was Herbert Hoover?
the person whose idea it was to build the Hoover Dam
the president during the beginning of the Great Depression
the president who helped end the Great Depression
the famous photographer who took photos of Hoovervilles

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Short answer: Herbert Hoover was the U.S. president at the start of the Great Depression.

More precisely, for your options:
- "the person whose idea it was to build the Hoover Dam" — partly true. Hoover promoted large water and power projects (as Secretary of Commerce and as president) and supported the Boulder Canyon/Hoover Dam project; construction began during his administration and the dam was later named for him. He wasn't the sole originator of the idea.
- "the president during the beginning of the Great Depression" — true. Hoover was the 31st U.S. president, serving 1929–1933, when the Depression began.
- "the president who helped end the Great Depression" — false. Franklin D. Roosevelt (elected 1932) led the New Deal and U.S. mobilization for World War II, which together are credited with ending the Depression.
- "the famous photographer who took photos of Hoovervilles" — false. Photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans documented Hoovervilles; Herbert Hoover was not a photographer.