Hoovervilles were shanty towns and slums built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. [1] They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was president of the United …

Mar 5, 2010 · When the government failed to provide relief, President Herbert Hoover was blamed for the intolerable economic and social conditions, so the shantytowns that cropped up …

Dec 28, 2023 · Named for President Herbert Hoover, makeshift homeless encampments and shack towns known as Hoovervilles sprang up across America during the Great Depression.

The meaning of HOOVERVILLE is a shantytown of temporary dwellings during the depression years in the U.S.; broadly : any similar area of temporary dwellings.

"Hooverville" became a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression. There were dozens in the state of Washington, hundreds throughout the …

Hoovervilles were informal settlements or shantytowns constructed by the homeless in urban areas across the United States during the Great Depression. These communities emerged as …

Angry, cold and hungry Americans, who had no other place to reside, dubbed groups of those shacks in honor of President Herbert Hoover. Those desperate folks blamed Hoover for the …