THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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strengthen the nation’s defenses
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end the military draft
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bring American troops home from overseas
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pressure the government into paying them $1000
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Detailed explanation-1: -On July 28, 1932, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. Washington police met with resistance, shot at the protestors, and two veterans were wounded and later died. President Herbert Hoover then ordered the U.S. Army to clear the marchers’ campsite.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bonus Army, gathering of probably 10, 000 to 25, 000 World War I veterans (estimates vary widely) who, with their wives and children, converged on Washington, D.C., in 1932, demanding immediate bonus payment for wartime services to alleviate the economic hardship of the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-3: -Things stayed in an unsettled condition for the next few weeks, with some veterans leaving but even more arriving, until their number reached somewhere between 10, 000 and 20, 000. Then, on July 28, the Hoover administration sent in the army and police to expel the marchers from Washington.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Bonus Army incident that took place in the summer of 1932 virtually assured Roosevelt’s election. By then, the unemployment rate had reached 23.6 percent. Over 12 million were jobless (out of a labor force of 51 million). Some 20, 000 World War I veterans and their families marched on Washington.