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Activity
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Mac Arthur: The Bonus March (May July, 1932)

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the American Experience film on General MacArthur, this article explains the plight of the World War I veterans who marched on Washington in 1932 to claim their war bonus--which they needed due to the Great Depression--only to...
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Primary
US National Archives

Hoover Online: Hoover and the Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides 440 historical documents (including cartoons, clippings, messages to Congress, political broadcasts, and writings and letters) pertaining to President Hoover and the Depression. Explore these documents through the main...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Bonus March

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart on the Bonus March of WWI veterans in 1932.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Trenches on the Web: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President...