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.
Bad economics for the country.
President Herbert Hoover
it changed public opinion against President Hoover
He used the military to disperse protesters.
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.
It turned public opinion against President Hoover.
Public opinion turned against President Hoover
Public opinion turned against President Hoover
it turned public opinion against president hoover.
allowed federal troops to remove the Bonus Army with great force
The bonus army
Early delivery of promised payments for military services.