Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who was responsible for starting the first national fingerprint register in America in the 1920s?

  1. Herbert Hoover

  2. Calvin Coolidge

  3. J Edgar Hoover

  4. August Vollmer

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C Correct answer
Explanation

J. Edgar Hoover, as FBI Director, established the first national fingerprint register in the 1920s under his leadership of the FBI. August Vollmer was a pioneer in criminalistics but worked at the local level, not national. The fingerprint database became a cornerstone of modern criminal identification.