US History Lesson 31

What were considered serious problems during the Great Depression?

Economic collapse

What happened during the First Hundred Days?

Congress passed a record number of bills in order to implement the New Deal and provide relief, recovery, and reform from the Great Depression

What was President Hoover's response to the Bonus Army's occupation of Washington, D. C.?

President Hoover elected to ignore them, hoping they would go away. They did not. On June 17, 1932, Congress defeated the bill that called for immediate bonus payment some went home, but some stayed. Then hoover made them leave town by sending troops to use tear gas and tanks to force the veterans out of Washington.

What would be said that best summarizes the 1932 election outcome?

Roosevelt won a landslide victory, tallying 472 electoral votes to Hoover's 59, a margin of victory of more than 7 million popular votes

What led to FDR's victory in the 1932 Presidential election?

The promise of a "New Deal"

What was the conservative response to the economic crisis?

They did not believe that the federal government should provide aid to the needy and they criticized Hoover for forcing the government to save enterprise

What did the RFC do?

They issued government loans to banks, railroads, and other big businesses.

What is a set of basic ideas, beliefs, and values that form the basis of a social, economic, or political philosophy?

"Say that civilization is a tree which, as it grows, continually produces rot and dead wood," he began. "The radical says: 'Cut it down.' The conservative says: 'Don't touch it.' The liberal compromises: 'Let's prune, so that we lose neither the old trunk nor the new branches.'"

Walter Waters led a protest in 1932 to try to convince Congress to do what?

Walter Waters vowed to continue his protest against leaving Washington until Hoover did something for the troops.

What was the Bonus Army?

a group of thousands of World War I veterans who traveled to Washington, D.C., in 1932 to request early payment of a retirement bonus to help them through the hard economic times of the Great Depression