THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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It wanted the government to pay World War I veterans their bonus early
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It wanted the government to replace the money people lost when banks closed
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Its members wanted the government to give them jobs
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It wanted the government to reopen closed banks
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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: -On July 28, Washington police began to clear the demonstrators out of the capital. Two men were killed as tear gas and bayonets assailed the Bonus Marchers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “Bonus Army” did receive their full compensation earlier than planned when Congress overrode the veto of President Roosevelt in 1936. In 1932, a group of WWI veterans in Portland, Ore., rallied the Bonus Army to Washington to lobby for early payment of their promised bonuses.