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What were the Hovervilles and why?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 12/11/2022

Hovervilles were tent cities of displaced persons from the great depression. Named out of disgust for his seeming inability to do anything about the worsening depression after then president Herbert Hoover.

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Hoovervilles were part of towns or outside of towns that consisted of shacks made out of cardboard, scrap metal, or anything that they could there hands on. These were popular during the great depression. They were named Hoovervilles after President Hoover.


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