HIST 151 Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I Scopes Monkey Trial II Origins of the Great Depression III Hoover Hoovervilles Hoover blankets hogs IV R F C Outline of Current Lecture I Bonus Army II FDR III Brain Trust and Eleanor Roosevelt IV Radio and Fireside Chats Current Lecture Bonus Army Wilson promised soldiers from WWI that they would get large bonuses for their service in the future 20 or so years later When the Depression hit these veterans wanted their bonuses because they needed to feed their families Not to mention they were disfigured and ruined from war In 1932 they marched to DC and Hoover sent to army for them because he didn t have the money In 1933 they marched again and FDR still didn t have the money he had even less due to the Dust Bowl So he sent Eleanor out with hand made sandwiches lemonade blankets and other things He told them to take shelter in the surrounding abandoned buildings and to stay as long as they wanted FDR Elected in 1932 First president to accept nomination personally Was elected 4 times more than any president before or since Paralyzed from waist down but never let the public see Brain Trust and Eleanor Roosevelt These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Similar to the Progressive Wisconsin Plan a few decades prior Scholars and specialists became a part of FDR s cabinet and he appointed the first woman as well Eleanor was FDR s wife and she went out into the thick of the Depression since FDR couldn t go out and walk She was the most important first lady Radio and Fireside Chats Radios were the most important thing to families at this point in time and everybody had one even in the midst of the Depression FDR was the first president to address the public on a weekly basis via radio and get their support for New Deal legislature These were known as fireside chats
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