July Revolution (From Sea to Shining Sea)

The July Revolution was the first of 2 revolutions that occurred in the United States in 1932.

Background
With the relationship between the US government and its citizens decaying since the end of the World War 1 and the failed revolution several years earlier, unpaid US veterans and their supporters camped out in the Hooverville on the Anacostia Flats. Shortly afterward, on June 17 of 1932, massed at the US Capital as the Senate voted on the Bonus Bill. The bill was defeated by a vote of 62-18.

Response from Hoover
Hoover ordered the Secretary of War the disperse the protestors on July 28. Military forces arrived and pushed them out of the capital, killing 2 people and injuring over 100. When a military invention commanded by Douglass MacArthur and George S. Patton was sent by Hoover to Pennsylvania Avenue against the Bonus Marchers, the cavalry mutinied against Hoover and joined the protestors. Hoover's support was lost, and the Senate and Supreme Court voted to impeach him.

Aftermath
Hoover resigned, leaving Charles Curtis, the vice president as the temporary president. Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election against Curtis, though he stated he would not pass the Bonus Bill. This lead to opposition from the Washington, D.C. Workers' Council, headed by the leader of the American Workers' Party, Sarah Leslie. To prevent Roosevelt's from doing so, she lead a revolution on November 23 and passed the Bonus Bill after securing her power.