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Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
To Washington D.C.
it was unfair that they didn't get jobs
WWI veterans held their bonus march in Washington, DC (not a state).
The so-called "Bonus Army" marched to Washington DC in June, 1932 and many camped there until dispersed by the US Army on July 28, 1932. The group numbered as many as 43,000, about 17,000 veterans and 26,000 others including family members.
The Bonus Army.
Bonus army
allowed federal troops to remove the Bonus Army with great force
The Federal Reserve refused to pay veterans their bonuses.
The bonus army
Payment of money to veterans of the First World War.