22.3 Notes

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Student Learning Objective- Students will debate and evaluate Hoover's philosophy of lack of government handouts.

III. Hoover Struggles with the Depression

            A. ____________tries to reassure Nation

                        1. Hoovers philosophy

                                    a. “____________ ____________” will succeed.

                                    B. handouts ruin self-respect and “____________”

                                    c. Handouts cause ____________

                                    d. ____________did not exist, Hoover did not believe in it.

                        2. Hoover takes cautious Steps

                                    a. asked employers not to lay off workers or to cut ____________

                                    b. asked labor _______leaders not to push strikes or higher wages

                        3. ____________Dam

                                    a. Hydro-electric power

                                    b. Colorado River Basin à AZ, CA, CO, NV, NM, UT, WY

                                    c. called ____________Dam now

                                    d. worlds tallest and second largest

                                    e. $700 million cost à very successful accomplishment (secretary

                                        Commerce/ president)

5.      Dems win in 1930 ____________Elections

a.       Anti-Hoover sentiment causes ____________to lose popularity

b.      “____________”= Shanty towns

c.       “____________” = homeless  with newspapers

d.      “____________” = pockets inside out

B. Hoover Takes Action

            1. Hoover Backs Cooperatives

                        a. ____________Farm Board (raise farm prices)

                        b. National ____________Corporation (banks are backed)

            2. Direct Intervention

                        a. Federal Home ____________Bank Act (page 687)

                        b. Reconstruction ____________Corporation

C. Gassing the Bonus Army

                        a. (1932) 10,000-20,000 ____________Veterans and families arrived in D.C to demand Bonus (Bonus Army)

            1. ____________Bill Denied

                        a. In 1945 Vets would get money and life insurance

                        b. Wright Patman believed $500 should be ____________paid

                        c. * Hoover (page 688)

                        d. Hoover opposed bill but respected right to ____________

                        e. ____________voted down Bonus on June 17, 1932

                        f. 2,000 of Bonus Army ____________

            2. Hoover disbands Bonus Army

                        a. 1,000 soldiers led by ____________tear gassed 1,000 people


Student Learning Objective- Students will debate and evaluate Hoover's philosophy of lack of government handouts.