THE GREAT DEPRESSION:

ELECTION OF 1932

1929-1939

RUMBLINGS OF DISSATISFACTION•1932, Hoover was the most hated man in America

RUMBLINGS OF DISSATISFACTION•Radical Protests•Radical political parties grew more vocal= condemned capitalism depression•Mass protests•Hunger strikes•Rural areas= violence

RUMBLINGS OF DISSATISFACTION•Communists Party helped expose racial injustice•1931, white jury in AL, sentenced 9 black boys 13-21 to death on a questionable charge•Helped w/ legal fees & had mass demonstrations•1950, all were released

BONUS ARMY•5/1932, 10,000 WWI vets & their families protested•Supporting the Veteran’s Bonus Bill= Bonus Army•Congress rejected it, some stayed, defying orders•Fighting broke out w/ police= Hoover ordered the army to make them leave

BONUS ARMY•July, U.S. Army moved in w/ guns, tanks, & tear gas•Gen. Douglas McArthur had troops force vets from buildings & burn their camps•100s were injured, 3 died

•Angry w/ Hoover

ELECTION OF 1932•Main issue= depression•Rep. nominee Pres. Hoover- defended his policies•Dem. nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt- attacked Hoover’s record & promised a fairer distribution of wealth

ELECTION OF 1932•Results:•FDR= 23 million popular votes & 472 electoral votes•Hoover= 16 million & 59•Democrats won both houses•FDR promised a “New Deal”

QUICK REVIEW•Why did radicals and veterans organize protests?

•Why did vets protest in Washington D.C., how did a conflict occur, and how did it reflect on Hoover?

•What do you think FDR means by a “new deal”?

VIDEO: BONUS ARMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNOsIB5VMSQ

ACTIVITY: BONUS ARMY MEMORIAM

•It is the 82 anniversary of the Bonus Army•Create a memorial in Washington D.C. for those who protested & those who eventually lost their lives•A visual & written memoriam to honor the Bonus Army•Can include: cause, what they were standing for, how their protest failed, the conflict between vets & the army, the effects it had on the country