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. ... In 1936, Congress overrode President Roosevelt's veto and paid the veterans their bonus nine years early.
How did the president respond to the Bonus Army?
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. ... On July 28, President Herbert Hoover ordered the army to evict them forcibly.
What is the propose or what is Bonus army?
In May 1932, jobless WWI veterans organized a group called the “Bonus Expeditionary Forces” (BEF) to march on Washington, DC. Suffering and desperate, the BEF's goal was to get the bonus payment now, when they really needed the money.
