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What where slums called during the great depression?
The slums were known as the projects. This was because it was thought at the time that those vicinities would be the project out of the Great Depression. This name stuck to the same type of living to present day.
What was the largest 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.
Why were minorities often experience an increase in discrimination during the great depression?
During the Great Depression, there was widespread economic insecurity and competition for scarce resources. Minorities were often scapegoated for economic hardships by dominant groups seeking someone to blame. This led to an increase in discrimination as minorities were viewed as threats to jobs and resources.
Who came up with the hooverville?
The term "Hooverville" was coined during the Great Depression to mock President Herbert Hoover. It was used to describe the makeshift communities of homeless people living in shantytowns across the United States.
What was the put- down nickname for shanty-towns?
Hoovervilles were the put-down nickname for shanty-towns during the Great Depression, named after President Herbert Hoover. They were makeshift settlements where people who had lost their homes or jobs lived in poverty.
How many people where Homless people during the Great Depression?
How many people were homeless during the Great Depression? Between one and two million people.
What group of people did not do well economically speaking during the great depression?
Farmers were not doing good during the Great Depression.
Who lives in Hooverville?
homeless people during the great depression Over 1,200 people were homelss.
Where there any celebrities during the Great Depression?
It depends what you mean by celebs but there were some extremely rich people during the great depression. The Vanderbilt's and some other families held more then 20% of America's money during the Great Depression. There were a few films during that era but radio stars still were much more popular because almost everyone had a radio and it was hard for people to go to the movies.
How many workers during the great depression had no jobs?
12 million in America only in America...:)
When was America's Great Depression created?
America's Great Depression was created in 1963.
How many people jumped off of skyscrapers during the Great Depression?
Not very people at all jumped off of skyscrapers during the Great Depression. Building new skyscrapers were put on hold after the Great Depression but no because people were jumping off of them.
What else took place during the dust bowl in America?
The great depression.
What did people live in during the Great Depression?
HooverVilles
What did people have for dessert during the great depression?
They did not have dessert
Did people have the freedom of speech during the great depression?
no
What did people smell during the Great Depression?
During the great depression people smelled tar paper from what they built when they became homeless and they smelled many cars that passed by.
