Hooverville
when the great depression was at it's peak,many people lost their homes and jobs.people gathered in large groups and built make shift shelters out of what ever they could find,often cardboard.they called them Hoovervilles,because thats who the president was at that time.since then it is common to call groups of cardboard dwellings Hoovervilles. Also in a book called Bud "Not Buddy" the police took down the poor people houses and shot all their material.
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.
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.
The name for a shantytown where the homeless lived is called Hooverville.
Hooverville
There is no city called Hooverville. It was a name for homeless camps during the Great Depression. The Hoover Dam is on the border of Nevada and Arizona.
Over 1,200 people lived in Hooverville
Pressed cardboard is called corrugated cardboard. It is lightweight, very strong and durable, and is used to package and store many products.
Thin cardboard that is generally found on cereal boxes is called uncorrugated cardboard.
that elephant in jungle book is called fat but