The Bonus Army

1. The Depression Deepens: • - Hoover made great strides in repairing the damage, however his efforts were too little too late • - __________________________________________for not acting significantly, quickly enough ______________________: shacks where the homeless lived • The Bonus Army: • - While most people waited for the gov’t to step in, ________________________________________ • - After WW1, Congress voted to give vets a _______________: additional sum of money to be paid in 1945 Hoover blankets: __________________used by the homeless to keep warm when they slept outside The Bonus Army Hoover __________________: cardboard patches used to cover holes in shoes 1932 – 20,000 jobless vets marched to D.C. to demand the bonus NOW Hoover Stew: thin, watery soup that the homeless received in __________________________ _____________________________: 20,000 veterans who had marched to D.C. to receive their WW1 bonuses ______ years early & had camped in a tent city along the Potomac River HOR voted to give the vets the bonus immediately, but the Senate rejected the bill • - Senators thought the _______would prevent gov’t action to aid the country’s recovery • - Police tried to force the vets to leave - Vets protested that they would stay until ___________if necessary • - After all, they were living on the __________back in their home towns anyway • - Cavalry ___________________________________________were used to force vets out - The camp was __________________________________

2. America was shocked & knew it was time for a new leader • “What a pitiful spectacle is that of the great American government, mightiest in the world, chasing unarmed men, women & children with tanks…if the army must be called out to make war on unarmed citizens, this is no longer America” –Washington News ‘46 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a governor in Albany NY - He hated how Hoover responded to the Bonus Army & knew that the American people were caught in something they didn’t understand - He decides to run as the ________________president of a “new America” & believed that gov’t should take an ________role in the economy • FDR: • - Came from a _____________, influential family • - Went to Harvard & Columbia Law School • - Married a distant cousin – Anna Eleanor Roosevelt • - Believed the ___________had a responsibility to help the _______ • - During ________, served as assistant secretary of the navy • - 1920 – Democratic candidate for VP but lost in the Harding landslide • - 1932 he beat out ___________, easily • 1921 – FDR is stricken with ____________: a disease caused by a virus • His legs were paralyzed • A Call to Action: • - At his inauguration “I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people” • - Promised to help the ___________________________________________ • - He won many seats in _______________________________