Episode 77: The Business Plot

In 1934, a congressional committee heard testimony from a man claiming to have information over a conspiracy to overthrow FDR and the US government to institute a fascist dictatorship.  Ultimately, the committee would find that the plot did exist, yet no one was ever brought to justice regarding it.  Who were these people?  How were they planning on overthrowing FDR?  And why don’t more people know about this? Join Aislinn and Miranda as they go through the details surrounding “The Business Plot”.  Along the way, they also discover one of America’s unsung heroes: Major General Smedley Butler.

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Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history


https://www.history.com/news/life-for-the-average-family-during-the-great-depression


https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/1930s


https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/herbert-hoover


https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-takes-united-states-off-gold-standard


https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/gold-standard.asp


https://allthatsinteresting.com/the-business-plot


https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/02/25/the-business-plot-did-american-billionaires-plan-a-fascist-coup/

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