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 Industrial cities see huge unemployment rates
 In 1932: Cleveland=50%, Akron=60%, Toledo=80%
 Farm income declined 60%
 1/3 of farmers sold their land between ‘29 & ‘32
 Unemployment was seen as a personal failure
 Local and state relief efforts were overwhelmed
 Red Cross, Salvation Army
 Hoboes
 Scavenging for scraps of food
 Homelessness
 Malnutrition, even death
from starvation
 Shacks,
shanties=“Hoovervilles”
 Wanderers
 Freight trains, parks,
under bridges
 Drought hits the Plains in 1930
 Accompanied by heat & high winds
 Led to “black blizzards”
 Killed livestock & humans; respiratory problems
 Black clouds reached the east coast
 Drought lingered until 1937 in most of the region, 1940
in others
 As many as 2.5 million people left the Plains
 Traveled west, esp. CA
 “Okies”
 Popularized by Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath
 1st concern=restoring confidence in the economy
 Asked business leaders & labor leaders for voluntary
cooperation
 No laying off workers & no asking for higher wages
 Increased government spending; but not enough
 Increased taxes in 1932 (Revenue Act)
 Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 worsened economy
globally
 Popularity had sunk by 1931
 Est. Reconstruction
Finance Corporation in
1932
 Provided federal loans
to troubled banks, RRs,
& other businesses
 Funded public works
projects
 But most of the $$ went
to big banks &
corporations
 Had a large budget; but
didn’t use it
 Avoided providing direct
relief to homeless &
unemployed
 Thought it would destroy
desire to work &
undermine self-worth
 Some thought him
hypocritical
 In 1930 refused $25 million
to feed Arkansas farmers
 But approved $45 million
to feed their livestock
 In 1932 refused to help pay
Chicago teachers & city
workers
 But approved a $90 million
loan to Chicago’s Central
Republic Bank
 1924, Congress passed a
$1K bonus for WWI vets
 Wouldn’t mature until
1945
 But vets demanded that
gov’t pay immediately
 Movement initiated in
Portland, OR
 By the time they reached
Washington, DC they
had 20K followers
 HOR agreed to
immediate payment, but
Senate shot them down
 Hoover refused to meet
w/ the veterans
 W/ conflict seeming
inevitable, Hoover
ordered the Sec. of War
to “surround the affected
area & clear it w/o delay.”
 In July of ‘32 the US
Army (led by Patton &
MacArthur) attacked the
veterans’ camp
 Set the tents & shacks
ablaze & dispersed the
Bonus Army
 100+ veterans were
injured, 1 infant was
killed
 Hardened the nation’s
anti-Hoover opinion
 Hoover, once a
symbol of optimism,
was now a failure
 He was doomed in
the election of 1932
 Only received 39%
of popular vote
The Hoover Era
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The Hoover Era

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  • 2.  Industrial cities see huge unemployment rates  In 1932: Cleveland=50%, Akron=60%, Toledo=80%  Farm income declined 60%  1/3 of farmers sold their land between ‘29 & ‘32  Unemployment was seen as a personal failure  Local and state relief efforts were overwhelmed  Red Cross, Salvation Army  Hoboes  Scavenging for scraps of food
  • 3.  Homelessness  Malnutrition, even death from starvation  Shacks, shanties=“Hoovervilles”  Wanderers  Freight trains, parks, under bridges
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  • 6.  Drought hits the Plains in 1930  Accompanied by heat & high winds  Led to “black blizzards”  Killed livestock & humans; respiratory problems  Black clouds reached the east coast  Drought lingered until 1937 in most of the region, 1940 in others  As many as 2.5 million people left the Plains  Traveled west, esp. CA  “Okies”  Popularized by Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath
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  • 10.  1st concern=restoring confidence in the economy  Asked business leaders & labor leaders for voluntary cooperation  No laying off workers & no asking for higher wages  Increased government spending; but not enough  Increased taxes in 1932 (Revenue Act)  Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930 worsened economy globally  Popularity had sunk by 1931
  • 11.  Est. Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1932  Provided federal loans to troubled banks, RRs, & other businesses  Funded public works projects  But most of the $$ went to big banks & corporations  Had a large budget; but didn’t use it
  • 12.  Avoided providing direct relief to homeless & unemployed  Thought it would destroy desire to work & undermine self-worth  Some thought him hypocritical  In 1930 refused $25 million to feed Arkansas farmers  But approved $45 million to feed their livestock  In 1932 refused to help pay Chicago teachers & city workers  But approved a $90 million loan to Chicago’s Central Republic Bank
  • 13.  1924, Congress passed a $1K bonus for WWI vets  Wouldn’t mature until 1945  But vets demanded that gov’t pay immediately  Movement initiated in Portland, OR  By the time they reached Washington, DC they had 20K followers  HOR agreed to immediate payment, but Senate shot them down  Hoover refused to meet w/ the veterans
  • 14.  W/ conflict seeming inevitable, Hoover ordered the Sec. of War to “surround the affected area & clear it w/o delay.”  In July of ‘32 the US Army (led by Patton & MacArthur) attacked the veterans’ camp  Set the tents & shacks ablaze & dispersed the Bonus Army  100+ veterans were injured, 1 infant was killed  Hardened the nation’s anti-Hoover opinion
  • 15.  Hoover, once a symbol of optimism, was now a failure  He was doomed in the election of 1932  Only received 39% of popular vote