THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S
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They were WWI veterans who went to Washington and demanded their cash bonus earlier than 1945. The President got the military to run them out of town.
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They were a backup army to the regular army fighting in the trenches and a lot of them got killed in battle from poison gas.
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They were an army of immigrants who wanted US citizenship and they won a court case to become citizens despite the KKK hating them.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The principal demand of the Bonus Army was the immediate cash payment of their certificates. On July 28, 1932, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. Washington police met with resistance, shot at the protestors, and two veterans were wounded and later died.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. They set up camp along the Anacostia River that May. But by July, officials lost patience and went into the camp to evict the marchers. It turned violent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Eisenhower. The WWI vets were part of a Bonus Army who came to Washington, D.C. to make a demand for their promised wartime bonuses.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Bonus Bill was passed in the House of Representatives, but was voted down by the Senate. The veterans were discouraged. Around 5, 000 left, but the rest decided to stay in the camp. Afraid that the veterans would riot, President Hoover ordered the remaining veterans to leave.