When roosevelt heard about the attack on the bonus

When Roosevelt heard about the attack on the Bonus Army, he said to his
friend Felix Frankfurter, “Well, Felix, this will elect me.” The downturn in the
economy and Hoover’s inability to deal effectively with the Depression had
sealed his political fate.
Reading Check
Summarize
What
did the Bonus Army
want?
1. Organize Information In a cluster diagram, record
what Hoover said and did in response to the Great
Depression.
Which response was most helpful? Explain your choice.
2. Key Terms and People For each key term or person in
the lesson, write a sentence explaining its significance.
3. Analyze Issues How did Hoover’s belief in “rugged
individualism” shape his policies during the Great
Depression?
Think About:
• what his belief implies about his view of people
• how that translates into the role of government
• Hoover’s policies
4. Draw Conclusions When Franklin D. Roosevelt heard
about the attack on the Bonus Army, why was he so
certain that he would defeat Hoover?
Hoover’s
Responses
Lesson 3 Assessment
Not even this flag was
safe from the violence
of July 28, 1932.
The Great Depression
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Key Terms and People
For each key term or person below, write a sentence
explaining its significance to the beginning of the
Great Depression.
1. credit
2. speculation
3. buying on margin
4. Black Tuesday
5. Dow Jones Industrial Average
6. Great Depression
7. Dust Bowl
8. direct relief
9. Herbert Hoover
10. Bonus Army
Main Ideas
Use your notes and the information in the module
to answer the following questions.
The Nation’s Sick Economy
1. What governmental ideas, policies, and
actions of the 1920s set the stage for the
Great Depression?
2. How did what happened to farmers during
the 1920s foreshadow events of the Great
Depression?
3. What argument was President Hoover mak-
ing about government in the excerpt from
the “rugged individualism” speech?
4. What were some of the effects of the stock
market crash in October 1929?
Hardship and Suffering
5. How did many charitable organizations and
public agencies help people during the
Depression?
6. Why were shantytowns often called
“Hoovervilles”?
7. What factors led to the Dust Bowl?
8. Why did minorities often experience an
increase in discrimination during the Great
Depression?
9. What pressures did the American family
experience during the Depression?
Hoover’s Failed Policies
10. How did Hoover’s treatment of the Bonus
Army affect his standing with the public?
11. How did Boulder Dam change places both
nearby and far away?
12. In what ways did Hoover try to use the
government to relieve the Depression?
Critical Thinking
1. Categorize In a chart, show how Hoover’s
attitudes and actions changed over the
course of the Great Depression’s early years.
Include the reasons for the changes.