How Did The Bonus Army Affect The Election Of 1932?
How Did The Bonus Army Affect The Election Of 1932? The Bonus Army incident that took place in the summer of 1932 virtually assured Roosevelt’s election. By then, the unemployment rate had reached 23.6 percent. Over 12 million were jobless (out of a labor force of 51 million). Some 20,000 World War I veterans and