The Great Depression The Road to Rock Bottom (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

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The Great Depression

The Road to Rock Bottom (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

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 ...See moreAs 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. They 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. Written by Anonymous See less

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Name	Known for
Smedley Butler Self - General USMC Retired Leader Bonus Army (archive footage) (as Smedley Darlington Butler) Self - General USMC Retired Leader Bonus Army (archive footage) (as Smedley Darlington Butler) See fewer	American Secrets
Herbert Hoover Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Public Be Damned (1917)
Douglas MacArthur Self - Army Chief of Staff (archive footage) Self - Army Chief of Staff (archive footage) See fewer	Assignment in Korea (1951)
Joe Morton Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Gore Vidal Self Self See fewer	Gattaca (1997)