... of life would be tremendously negative. There were slum towns named Hoovervilles which were just makeshift shacks made of cardboard. Soup or stew was named Hoover stew, both named after Herbert Hoover who was the president of the United States at the time. Ironically though, the Hoover dam was built during the great depression creating tons of jobs. It seemed large ... ...

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... US too. The issue was whether Canada or the US should claim Alsaka. Canada and US tried to reason and comprise but they got nowhere. Finally in 1903 the Hay/Herbert Treaty called for a six member tribunal, to make the final decision. There would be three Americans, two Canadians and a British member. This seemed resonable but Canada disagreed to the idea ... ...

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