USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A “Hoover flag” was a pants pocket-empty of all money-turned inside out. By the 1932 election, hitchhikers held up signs reading: “If you don’t give me a ride, I’ll vote for Hoover.” Americans did not necessarily believe that Hoover caused the Great Depression.

Detailed explanation-2: -A “Hoover flag” was an empty pocket turned inside out and “Hoover leather” was cardboard used to line a shoe when the sole wore through. A “Hoover wagon” was an automobile with horses hitched to it, often with the engine removed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hoover flag (plural Hoover flags) (US, dated, especially during the Depression) An empty (penniless) pocket, turned inside out, showing that someone has no money.

Detailed explanation-4: -He believed in a limited role for government and worried that excessive federal intervention posed a threat to capitalism and individualism. He felt that assistance should be handled on a local, voluntary basis. Accordingly, Hoover vetoed several bills that would have provided direct relief to struggling Americans.

Detailed explanation-5: -Homeless people called the newspapers they wrapped themselves in “Hoover blankets", and they called empty pockets turned inside out “Hoover flags.” A law, enacted in 1932, that lowered home mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance their loans and avoid foreclosure.