Name:
Date:
Hoover Section 3 – Failing to Recover
1. Analyze this cartoon:
1. How did the nation first get in to this “mess”?
2. What was the idea of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps?
4. How did Little Orphan Annie portray “rugged individualism”?
5. Compare the success and shortcomings of volunteerism versus localism:
6. What was the RFC and how well did it work/why did it NOT work?
7. What was a minor infrastructural success from Hoover at the end of his term (1932)?
The Bonus Army
1.
Why were they called the “Bonus” Army/why were they protesting?
2.
How did the movement start?
3.
Why was joining the movement an attractive idea?
4.
When and how did they get to Washington D.C.?
5.
What was erected once these veterans arrived at the capital?
6.
How did other citizens show their support?
7.
How many veterans were part of the D.C. Hooverville? Why did they make rules?
8.
What was Major General Smedley Butler’s point about “tramps” and Americanism?
9.
What was the outcome of the Senate vote? How did the Bonus Army react?
10. How did events begin to snowball out of control?
11. What did the current army do to fight the Bonus Army?
12. What was the national reaction to seeing images from the Bonus Army?
13. What was passed after WWII to prevent any Bonus Army repeat?
AFTER BROADCAST: Considering what you know about veterans today, or hypothesizing about the current
situation for soldiers returning from combat, write a few statements about similarities and/or differences from past
to present (beyond just whether or not there are protests in D.C.)