<span>❅ </span>It existed f<span> from the </span>end of the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of World War I.
Hoover did not handle the Bonus Army well.
The Bonus Army was a group of 43 thousand protestors - WWI veterans and their families - who gathered in Washington DC to demand payment for their service certificates.
President Hoover did not attempt to negotiate with the protestors, first, he ordered to have them removed from government’s property and later he ordered to the Army to clear the marcher’s campsite.
To do so, infantry and cavalry was used and additionally, six tanks.
Public opinion on Hoover’s actions was strong, newspapers and newsreels - that were popular at the time - showed images of the violence perpetrated on soldiers and their families. This was considered one of the strongest factors that influenced his lost at elections to Roosevelt.
The students who marched at Selma were better prepared in a
sense that unlike their adult counterparts, they were already briefed on what
to expect when this march began. Youth
was also their biggest asset as they were energized and determined to promote the
civil rights movement in the South. Even before the march, they were already
veterans of other movements for equal rights.
The French were control the area where many Germans and other people spoke in French or know some French. The Russians would control the Eastern part of Germany which they conquered and had more of the Slavic type of people. The Brits and Americans took the rest.
