Hoovervilles

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hoovervilles

During the Great Depression, many families lost their homes because they could not pay their mortgages. These people had no choice but to seek alternative forms of shelter.
The role of Hoovervilles in the history of the United States of America.
The poor congregated in cardboard shacks in so-called Hoovervilles on the edges of cities across the nation; hundreds of thousands of the unemployed roamed the country on
Authorities did not officially recognize these Hoovervilles and occasionally removed the occupants for technically trespassing on private lands, but they were frequently tolerated
Hoover was widely ridiculed: an empty pocket turned inside out was called a "Hoover flag;" the decrepit shantytowns springing up around the country were called "Hoovervilles.
Hoovervilles: Shantytowns formed in cities across the United States in the 1930s, built by people made homeless by the Great Depression. The areas, like this one in Seattle, were
Hoo·ver·ville   (h v r-v l) n. A crudely built camp put up usually on the edge of a town to house the dispossessed and destitute during the depression of the 1930s.
Colloquial term for any shantytown built by the unemployed and destitute in the USA during the Depression 1929â€"40, named after US president Herbert Hoover whose policies were
Ohio was home to a number of Hoovervilles. The more famous ones in Ohio were located at Circleville and Cleveland.
Hooverville. Depression shantytown arising during Hoover administration. [Amer. Hist.: Flexner, 118] See : Poverty

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