What were the social consequences of the crash?

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Created on: 25-11-12 19:22

What was the USA commonly known as?

The land of great opportunity for those willing to work hard enough.

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How did the real situation differ?

Finding work was now a massive problem, unemployment rose daily and families lost their homes or where split when parents lost their jobs.

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Was the USA a welfare state?

No, there were no benefits and the unemployed relied on charity. 100,000's of people lined the streets looking for food and accomodation (breadlines). Shanty towns were built and by 1932 money to aid the poor was vanishing.

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What began happening from May 1932?

WW1 veterans were demonstrating in Washington for their bonus payments of $500 which was not payable until 1945 but they wanted it now.

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How did Hoover react to this?

25,000 veterans gathered around the city, this was seen as a revolutionary threat by the government. Hoover refused to meet them and by summer a stale mate was present.

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How did Hoover eventually solve this?

The victors would not move and the government refused to hand out the bonuses. Hoover resolved to evict them and assigned the army to launch attacks on their camps to drive them from the city.

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How did this compromise American sympathy for Hoover?

Hoover tried to claim most of the marchers had been communists and criminals. This banished any remaining public sympathy.

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