The Unpopularity of Hoover Flashcards
Why was Hoover’s unpopularity a bit unfair?
There’d never been a crisis on this scale before and Hoover’s Government were ill-prepared to deal with it.
Many American Businessmen believed that the best way to solve the Depression would be to do what? Explain why, because of this belief, they supported Hoover.
Balance the budget. They believed that reckless spending wouldn’t help, so they believed that Hoover’s slow approach would solve the Depression.
Which event in 1931 made Hoover even MORE unpopular?
The Veterans Bonus March of 1931.
What was the Veterans’ Bonus March of 1931?
Disabled soldiers that had served in World War One who were being paid an annual pension were due to be paid a bonus sum in 1945.
20,000 of these soldiers marched and squatted outside the White House in 1931. They demanded that this payment be made to them immediately because of the Depression.
Hoover feared that there’d be violence so he called Lieutenant McCarthy and had the army forcibly remove them.
2 babies died from the tear gas that was used on the soldiers and many were injured.
Hoover praised someone’s actions after the Veterans’ March of 1931, who and why did this cause outrage?
He publicly praised Lieutenant McCarthy for how he’d handled the Veterans’ March.
This caused outrage bc 2 babies had died as a result McCarthy’s instructions to use tear gas and many people were injured.
