1. Bonus Army - In 1924, Congress rewarded World War I veterans with a bonus for their services in 1917-1918 for “saving” democracy. This bonus was able to be redeemed in 1945 for $1000 each. Many veterans were hit hard during the depression and marched up to the capital to obtain their entire bonus ahead of time. More or less twenty thousand impoverished veterans both of unemployment and war, formed the Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF). They set up unsanitary public camps which created a menace to the public health. After the pending bonus bill had failed, President Hoover arranged to pay the return fare for six thousand marchers. The remaining refused to decamp the site even though they were ordered to leave. With fear of the anarchy rising and riots that resulted in two men
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Hooverville - During the Great Depression many people were driven out of their homes. Many Americans turned to government assistance for help, but they failed to provide ease. Shantytowns appeared and multiplied across the country. The finger pointed at President Hoover for the unbearable economic and social conditions. These shacks were unsanitary and were built on vacant lots that jeopardized public health. People slept under old newspapers in what they called Hoover blankets, and they cooked their findings in old oil drums in tin and paper. Hoover was to blame for their pitiful shantytowns, therefore naming them Hoovervilles.
3. Lusitania – The Lusitania was a British passenger liner that was sailing from New York to Liverpool, England. The ship was carrying forty-two hundred cases of small-arms ammunition. German submarines known as U-boats torpedoed and sank the ship on May 7th, 1915. 1,198 lives were lost, out of this number 128 were Americans. Americans were outraged at this act of mass murder and piracy. The sinking of the Lusitania was significant during this time because public opinion was turned against Germany, and it increased the talk of war in the eastern United
Hooverville - During the Great Depression many people were driven out of their homes. Many Americans turned to government assistance for help, but they failed to provide ease. Shantytowns appeared and multiplied across the country. The finger pointed at President Hoover for the unbearable economic and social conditions. These shacks were unsanitary and were built on vacant lots that jeopardized public health. People slept under old newspapers in what they called Hoover blankets, and they cooked their findings in old oil drums in tin and paper. Hoover was to blame for their pitiful shantytowns, therefore naming them Hoovervilles.
3. Lusitania – The Lusitania was a British passenger liner that was sailing from New York to Liverpool, England. The ship was carrying forty-two hundred cases of small-arms ammunition. German submarines known as U-boats torpedoed and sank the ship on May 7th, 1915. 1,198 lives were lost, out of this number 128 were Americans. Americans were outraged at this act of mass murder and piracy. The sinking of the Lusitania was significant during this time because public opinion was turned against Germany, and it increased the talk of war in the eastern United