They came as slaves for the Spanish and French, to work in the sugar and mining colonies.
The Neutrality Acts (1936-1939) held that the United States would not get involved in the growing unrest that was taking place in Europe in the years leading up to World War II, since the US during this time was very isolationist in temperament. <span />
The Bonus Army was comprised of veterans from World War 1 who were promised a bonus of around $1.25 for every day they served. When the depression hit, the veterans wanted congress to give them the bonus they had promised but congress denied them. They marched to protest and demand their bonus becasue they had nothing left and no where else to go.