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allowed federal troops to remove the Bonus Army with great force
The bonus army
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
He used the military to disperse protesters.
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Herbert Hoover
President Hoover sent Douglas MacArthur to remove the Bonus Army using peaceful means. However, MacArthur used army tanks to forcefully destroy the Bonus Army's campsite.
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
Bonus Army
President Herbert Hoover battled the Bonus Army. In 1932, a group of World War I veterans known as the Bonus Army marched to Washington, D.C. to demand early payment of their military bonuses. Hoover ordered the eviction of the protesters from their makeshift camps, leading to a violent clash with the federal troops.
He used the military to disperse protesters.
The cast of The March of the Bonus Army - 2006 includes: Gary Sinise as Narrator