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Most American citizens were outraged by Hoover's treatment of the Bonus Army. So much so, that he lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
he used force to remove to protesters.
He used force to remove protesters
The order ended any chance he had to be reelected.
It turned public opinion against President Hoover.
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President Herbert Hoover
Bad economics for the country.
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.
He used the military to disperse protesters.
allowed federal troops to remove the Bonus Army with great force
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.