Hoover and Trump became president after winning their first campaigns ... but by the end of June a Hooverville-like camp housing as many as 15,000 bedraggled men and their families had sprung ...
The Hoover camp felt that Governor Roosevelt was afraid to join forces with the President because he did not want to exhibit publicly his own lack of a debt plan. “I-told-you-so” Republicans ...
Police were sent in to break up the marchers’ camp. However, the marchers fought back to try to prevent this. As a result, President Hoover sent in troops with tear gas and tanks to remove the ...