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The March of the Bonus Army - Coggle Diagram
The March of the Bonus Army
Veterans
Came from all states
100K+ marched
Unemployeed
Desperate
Walter Waters
Lobbying
Organized march
Pushed for cooperation
Chanting during Senet
Senet turned down payout
Sang America then left peacefully
BEF
African American
No color line
Tent City
Tents
Built homes
Had streets
Library
Boxing
Brought families
Stayed even after bill did not go through
Some had no home
Threw bricks
One killed, another injured
Troops came
WW! again
Gassed
Burned tent city down
Fear
WW1
Returned with parades
Saw how little they were paid
Wanted back pay
Constriptions
Selective service
Low pay
African Americans
Segregated
Marched under French flag
Treated fairly
Great Depression
Heard possible bill to get payout faster
Hope
Peaceful demonstration
Public did not really care
25% unemployed
Most Vets
Presidents
Roosevelt
Sent vets to encampments
Natural disaster
Deaths
Wanted to downplay it
Ernest Hemingway
"murder"
Ignored Veterans
Ended up hurting more veterans
Hoover
Great Depression
Will pay but not till 1945
Tome Stone Bonus
Pushed for evacuation of Vets