The correct option is the first one, <em>while he campaigned for president in 1928; Herbert Hoover saw the unparalleled prosperity across the country.
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On taking office, Hoover said that "given the chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation." Many shared Hoover's optimism, and the already bullish stock market climbed even higher on Hoover's accession.
However, within months of taking office, the Stock Market Crashed of 1929 in an event known as “Black Tuesday”, and the worldwide economy began to spiral downward into the Great Depression, which was a severe worldwide economic collapse that took place during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.
The Constitution guarantees that the government will not favor one
religion over another.
The reformists movement rose against the excesses of the catholic church such as sales of indulgences, and the power of religion over states. reformists were specifically against state sanctioned religion, an ideal that was at the heart of the independence constitution.