28 juill. 1932 - Bonus march

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|WHAT|: WWI vets marched in DC to demand immediate payment of the bonuses promised to them to be paid by 1945 | joined by thousands of other vets and their families, and all camped out in tents |RESPONSE|: congress failed to pass bill they sought| when 2 vets were killed in protest, Hoover ordered army under General Douglas MacArthur to break up encampment with tanks and tear gas | EFFECT|: people considered hoover cold and cruel