Early delivery of promised payments for military services.
Early delivery of promised payments for military services.
President Herbert Hoover
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 sent the U.S. army to chase them out of Washington D.C.
No
Herbert Hoover
The bonus army was led by Walter W. Waters, and Douglas MacArthur led the infantry and calvary against them under the order of Herbert Hoover. MacArthur also commanded the 6 tanks involved in the attack.
Bad economics for the country.
it changed public opinion against President Hoover
He used the military to disperse protesters.
It turned public opinion against President Hoover.
Public opinion turned against President Hoover