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1. According to McCardell, what sparked the fight between Bonus Army veterans and the soldiers?

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"The troops had been called out after a veteran of the Bonus Army had been shot and killed by a Washington policeman during a skirmish to drive members of the Bonus Army out of a vacant house on Pennsylvania Avenue, two blocks from the

Capitol."

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do you think the veterans were treated fairly?

yes