USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover orders the U.S. Army under General Douglas MacArthur to evict by force the Bonus Marchers from the nation’s capital.

Detailed explanation-2: -Things stayed in an unsettled condition for the next few weeks, with some veterans leaving but even more arriving, until their number reached somewhere between 10, 000 and 20, 000. Then, on July 28, the Hoover administration sent in the army and police to expel the marchers from Washington.

Detailed explanation-3: -What did president Hoover do that directly led to the Bonus Army March in Washington in 1932? He allowed federal troops to remove the Bonus Army with great force.