FHCE 5100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Douglas Macarthur, Wright Patman, Bonus Army

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
• Course: FHCE 5100
• Professor: Moorman

Document Summary

United states protection policies (the bonus army & the g. i. 4. 7 million veterans participated in wwi (with going overseas for 5. 5 months) Of the 1. 1 million who actually saw combat, 116,000 died and 204,000 were wounded otherwise disabled. After the war, veterans were simply mustered out of service from their bases in the. 1924: on may 15, president calvin coolidge vetoed a congressional bill granting bonuses to (cid:448)ete(cid:396)a(cid:374)s of wwi sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)pat(cid:396)iotis(cid:373) (cid:271)ought a(cid:374)d paid fo(cid:396) is not pat(cid:396)iotis(cid:373)(cid:863) Congress overrode his veto a few days later, thereby passing the world war. 1929: in january, wright patman (a congressman fro(cid:373) te(cid:454)as(cid:895) i(cid:374)t(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ed vete(cid:396)a(cid:374)"s bill that would release bonuses early. Never made it out of the committee r a w e h t f o s n a r e t e. 1931: in january, patman reintroduced his bill this time making it through congress.