hooverville



hoovervilles

Hoovervilles were shacks built by the homeless out of tar paper, cardboard, and scrap material. When there were a lot of hoovervilles in a vicinity, they would form towns. The homeless would build these hooverviles during the Great Depression. The name comes from president Herbert Hoover, whom people blamed for not resolving the crisis.

Information Provided by: America:Pathways to the Present(pg. 514)

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