Bonus Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest movement
gptkbp:advocatesFor gptkb:Hoover_administration
gptkbp:associated_with Great Depression
gptkbp:composedOf approximately 43,000 marchers
gptkbp:criticism media
gptkbp:disbanded July 1932
gptkbp:distributes gptkb:General_Douglas_MacArthur
gptkbp:established in Anacostia Flats
gptkbp:faced police violence
gptkbp:family of veterans
gptkbp:formed 1932
gptkbp:historicalEvent shaped veterans' rights
gptkbp:history against economic inequality
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bonus Army
gptkbp:impact influenced New Deal policies
gptkbp:influenced economic policies
gptkbp:inspiration immediate payment of bonuses
future veterans' movements
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for veterans' issues
displaced veterans
gptkbp:is_a_symbol_of veteran struggles
gptkbp:is_organized_by veterans' organizations
gptkbp:is_part_of American_history
gptkbp:is_supported_by labor unions
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Walter_W._Waters
gptkbp:led_to public sympathy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:meets military force
Congressional leaders
gptkbp:notable_event American_history
gptkbp:participants gptkb:World_War_I_veterans
gptkbp:respondsTo gptkb:U.S._government
gptkbp:resultedIn military intervention
gptkbp:services challenged government policies
gptkbp:significance highlighted economic struggles
gptkbp:significantEvent the 1930s
U.S._history
gptkbp:usedFor as shelter
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for veterans' rights advocacy
financial justice
gptkbp:was_a_response_to unemployment
economic hardship
government inaction
drew national attention
the_Bonus_Act
gptkbp:was_a_result_of influenced public opinion
civil disobedience