As the Great Depression progressed, economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. Ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency.
"As the Great Depression progressed, economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. Ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency."
"As the Great Depression progressed, economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. Ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency."@en
"As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. The episode ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency. Primarily uses interviews and historical film footage to portray the era."@en
"As the Great Depression progressed, economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. The film ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency."@en
"As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll, farmers protested, robberies increased dramatically, and the U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding a bonus for their services in World War I; program concludes with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency."
"Summary: Economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, demanding food, and robberies increased dramatically. By 1932, while "Pretty Boy" Floyd was robbing banks across Oklahoma, the United States Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and congress pay a bonus for their service in World War I. The program ends with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election the the presidency."@en
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