THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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The immediate payment of their $10, 000 bonus
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Veterans wanted their $1000 bonus paid early
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Veterans wanted the guarantee of a job promised by Hoover
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Veterans wanted respect for having fought in WWI
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -On July 28, President Herbert Hoover ordered the army to evict them forcibly. General MacArthur’s men set their camps on fire, and the veterans were driven from the city.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fearing rising disorder, Hoover ordered an army regiment into the city, under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur. The army, complete with infantry, cavalry, and tanks, rolled into Anacostia Flats forcing the Bonus Army to flee. MacArthur then ordered the shanty settlements burned. Many Americans were outraged.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the time, the gatherings have been peaceful. One of the exceptions was the Bonus army in March of 1932. After victory in World War I, the US government promised in 1924 that servicemen would receive a bonus for their service, in 1945.
Detailed explanation-5: -What did they want? After World War I, the U.S. Congress voted to give veteran soldiers who fought in the war a bonus. They would be paid $1.25 for each day they served overseas and $1.00 for each day they served in the United States.