President Herbert Hoover battled the Bonus Army. The Bonus Army was a group of World War I veterans who were seeking an early payment of their wartime bonuses. Hoover ordered the military to evict the protesters from their encampment in Washington, D.C., which resulted in violence and injuries to both the veterans and the military.
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.
allowed federal troops to remove the Bonus Army with great force
President Herbert Hoover
He used the military to disperse protesters.
Early delivery of promised payments for military services.
Public opinion turned against President Hoover
Public opinion turned against President Hoover
The Bonus Army wanted their military bonus early.
It turned public opinion against President Hoover.
President Hoover sent in General Douglas MacArthur to clean up the aftermath of the Bonus Army protests in Washington D.C. in 1932. MacArthur used military force to disperse the protestors and their encampments, resulting in violence and the destruction of the protesters' makeshift campsites.
He sent the U.S. army to chase them out of Washington D.C.
The bonus army