In response to the Bonus Army marchers, Herbert Hoover:
A) got Congress to approve immediate payment of their bonuses
B) put them to work building schools and roads
C) sent the U.S. Army to evict them
D) promised them that prosperity was just around the corner
E) met with them personally at the White House to hear their concerns

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Herbert Hoover sent the U.S. Army to evict the Bonus Army marchers from their makeshift camps in Washington, D.C. in July 1932. The use of military force to remove veterans and their families, including children, from the nation's capital was a public relations disaster for President Hoover.

In Response to the Bonus Army Marchers, Herbert Hoover