Who were the 1932 "bonus marchers"?
A) World War I veterans who marched on Washington to lobby for immediate cash payments of veterans' bonuses they were promised.
B) Farmers who threatened to dump milk and other agricultural products if they did not receive a government bonus for not producing farm surpluses.
C) Trade unionists who marched on Washington when industrialists refused to pay the bonuses stipulated in union contracts.
D) Federal government workers who objected to losing their Christmas bonus because of the depression.
E) Young people who marched in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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