The Great Depression part 2 Flashcards
Who lent about $238 million to banks, railroads, and building-and-loan associations?
RFC
What was Hoovers position on the federal government’s participation in relief-money given directly to families?
STRONGLY OPPOSED
What did Congress pass in July 1932?
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
For the first time in American history, the federal government was supplying what ?
Direct Relief Funds
Who organized the rallies and “hunger marches” ?
American Communist Party.
Who introduced a bill that would authorize early payment of these bonuses?
Texas Congressman Wright Patman
WHy did the Oregon veterans begin marching to Washington, D.C?
To lobby for passage of the legislation
What were the Oregon Veterans known as?
Bonus Army
The secretary of war asked for permission to send in the military under the command of who ?
Douglas Mac Arthur
The soldiers tear gassed stragglers and burnt down shacks where?
Hoovervilles
The first federal agency created to stimulate the economy during peacetime?
RFC
MacArthur, would _____ orders by the president to leave the camps alone.
Ignore.
