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What was the Bonus Army and what was their purpose?
The Bonus Army was not actually an army. It was a group of picketers (protestors). The picketers consisted mostly of World War I veterans and their families. Congress had voted them a bonus for their war service in 1924 (thus the name Bonus Army). Since this was during the Great Depression, the WWI veterans needed their bonuses quickly. However, thousands of these people (said to have been 20,000) were going to get their bonus years from then. It was like being promised something but not being given what they were promised. The Bonus Army set up a Hooverville (shantytown) in the U.S. Capitol lawn in 1932. They were protesting for their bonuses, when President Hoover sent the U.S. Army to clear them out. At first, the Bonus Army believed that the army was there for them. They cheered and waved their American Flags. Despite their expectations, the army came with tear gas, guns, and bayonets. They were not there to help the Bonus Army. As a result, many people were injured and hurt, and an infant died. The Bonus Army was no more, their Hooverville was torn down, and billy clubs were used on the resistant people. President Hoover claimed he had rescued the country from mob action; while Americans were disappointed and hung their heads in shame.
Why were many Americans shocked by the news coverage of freedom marches in Birmingham?
Americans were shocked that police used dogs and fire hoses on marchers
Who are Margaret Hoover's father and grandfather and was her great-grandfather the 31st President of the United States?
Margaret Hoover's father is Andrew Hoover, who is the son of Allen Henry Hoover, the son of the 31st President of the United States, Herbert Clarke Hoover.
When did Henry Hoover invent the Hoover?
he invented it in o A.D
Was herbert hoover gay?
j. Edgar Hoover director of the FBI was rumored to be gay, not Herbert hoover, the president who appointed him to that position.
How did president Herbert Hoover react to the Bonus Marchers?
He sent the U.S. army to chase them out of Washington D.C.
What was the government's reaction to the Bonus Army?
It turned public opinion against President Hoover.
What did general MacArthur to get the bonus army marchers to leave the capital?
General MacArthur commanded the infantry and Calvary to drive the Bonus marchers out of the capital. The belongings and shelters of the Bonus Army were burned.
Who were the bonus marchers trying to help?
Soilders from WW1
What was the government action to the Bonus Marchers arrival to Washington DC?
They sent in troops.
Who gave the order to remove the bonus army from its camp in the nations capitol?
Herbert Hoover
Why did Herbert Hoover order the removal of the bonus army from its capus?
No
What did the Bonus Army mean to Hoover and Franklin?
The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers-17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups-who gathered in Washington, D.C., in the spring and summer of 1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. Its organizers called it the Bonus Expeditionary Force to echo the name of World War I's American Expeditionary Forces, while the media called it the Bonus March. It was led by Walter W. Waters, a former army sergeant.
When did president hoover veto the bonus bill?
Bad economics for the country.
The protest that caused the biggest blow to Hoover's popularity was what?
Bonus Army
What president battled the 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.
How did president Hoover react to the bonus army?
He used the military to disperse protesters.
