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Hooverville
During the Great Depression , people lost money so people with no income would just build a Hooverville which can be made with many kinds of materials such as cardboard boxes, refrigerator boxes, and what ever they can find
Hooverville was a small town just outside of Flint ( were Bud lived) It was were all the poor people with little clothing little food and little supplies lived. They people lived in cardboard and wood homes.
although cardboard is a cheap product to buy, it can get wet in the rain and then the cardboard will start to rip
Over 1,200 people lived in Hooverville
To make a model of the Secret Annex from a cardboard box, you can start by cutting the box to create the layout of the rooms. Then, use additional cardboard pieces to create walls and add details like furniture and decorations using paper or other craft materials. Get creative and use images or drawings to represent the rooms accurately.
In the wild, they can live under hedges, fallen logs and even cardboard boxes. They will also create nests using branches, leaves and grasses.
cardboard takes less time to break down in a landfill
During the great depression some people became homeless or became migrant workers, but couldn't get a job so the created towns out of cardboard, newspaper, etc. and named them after the current president. Hence the "Hoover" part of Hooverville.
The largest Hooverville was located in Seattle, Washington during the Great Depression, with a population of over 1,000 people. It was known as "Hooverville" in sarcastic reference to President Hoover, and it existed from 1931 to 1941.
To make a cardboard space station, you can start by shaping and cutting cardboard into different modules such as living quarters, communication center, and solar panels. Then, assemble these modules together using glue or tape to create the space station structure. Add details like windows, antennas, and decorations to make it more realistic.
There is no city in Nevada named Hooverville. Hooverville is term used for a crudely built camp put up usually on the edge of a town to house the dispossessed and destitute, it is a practice that started during the depression of the 1930s. There are no cities named Hooverville in the US.