Hoover's Response to the Great Depression Flashcards
When did war veterans protest in Washington D.C?
1932
Why were war veterans protesting in Washington D.C.
in 1924 The World War Adjustment Act was passed which gave war veterans a bonus for the money they could’ve been earning while they were in the war, this was meant to be paid in the 1940s but the veterans were protesting to be paid it now especially since they were in the Great Depression
When was the World War Adjustment Act passed?
1924
What did the protesting war veterans call themselves?
‘Bonus Army’/Bonus Expeditionary Force
What did American soldiers do to the protesting war veterans\?
forced war veterans to leave Washington D.C. and ordered American soldiers to use tear gas on the veterans
Why was it a problem how the American soldiers reacted to war veterans?
because homeless war veterans who were viewed as heroes were being forced out of Washington D.C. by American soldiers degrading them to thieves and degenerates
Who did Hoover tell to move the war veterans?
General McKarthy
Rugged Individualism of Herbert Hoover:
- Hoover still believed the Depression would solve itself
- Thought that the same policies/attitudes (e.g. Laissez-Faire) that created the boom of the 20s would work to get us out of the depression
- Thought that gov interference would stop people from helping themselves and would create a dependency culture – rugged individualism
- Said people had to help themselves through hard work and a ‘can-do’ attitude
- At first he called on industry to create new jobs, to look after elderly, sick and unemployed
What was Herbert Hoover regarded as?
a ‘do nothing’ President
What DID Herbert Hoover do?
1930 & 1931:
- Cut taxes
- Set up reconstruction finance company
- Introduced new tariff – Hawley Smoot – tariff on European goods
What damage was done to Hoover’s personal reputation before 1932?
- Rugged individualism
- Thought it would save itself
- Hoovervilles
- Dust bowl
