THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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troops led by General MacArthur who distributed military bonuses to US war veterans
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veterans of WW1 and their families who went to Washington DC to demand bonuses be paid early
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troops led by General MacArthur who scattered dwellers in a Washington DC Shanty town using tanks and teargas
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veterans of WW1 and thier families who sabotaged President Hoover’s reelection campaign
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bonus Army was a group of 43, 000 demonstrators – 17, 000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
Detailed explanation-2: -Presidents Harding and Coolidge both vetoed early attempts to provide a bonus to WWI veterans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bonus Army, gathering of probably 10, 000 to 25, 000 World War I veterans (estimates vary widely) who, with their wives and children, converged on Washington, D.C., in 1932, demanding immediate bonus payment for wartime services to alleviate the economic hardship of the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-4: -The “Bonus Army” did receive their full compensation earlier than planned when Congress overrode the veto of President Roosevelt in 1936. In 1932, a group of WWI veterans in Portland, Ore., rallied the Bonus Army to Washington to lobby for early payment of their promised bonuses.