THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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1932
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1945
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1986
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Detailed explanation-1: -In May 1932, jobless WWI veterans organized a group called the “Bonus Expeditionary Forces” (BEF) to march on Washington, DC. Suffering and desperate, the BEF’s goal was to get the bonus payment now, when they really needed the money.
Detailed explanation-2: -The bonus veterans were in no mood to leave, so the army began using tear gas and bayonets to drive them away, and employing torches to set fire to the shanty towns.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bonus March (May-July, 1932)
Detailed explanation-4: -On July 28, 1932, General Douglas MacArthur, with Majors George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, drove thousands of protesting World War I veterans out of Washington, DC, by force. The trauma of the “Bonus March” would inspire the GI Bill during World War II.