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Eyewitness to History: America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army ActivityEyewitness to History: America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army Activity
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Ibis Communications
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1010L
Activity

Eyewitness to History: America in the 1930s: The Bonus Army

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Vivid and succinct account of the efforts and struggles of WWI veterans who marched on Washtington D.C. to demand their veterans' benefits. Article describes their forced dispersement by the army, which strained the confidence of the public in how the government was handling the pressures of the Great Depression.

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protests, veterans, herbert hoover

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bonus army, bonus marchers, douglas macarthur, great depression, world war i veterans, bonus army, 1932

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