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Hoovervilles were first started when President Hoover was in office. They named them Hoovervilles because they blamed the great depression on President Hoover. They were shanty towns made from trash and cardboard boxes. The people who lived in them lost their jobs and homes from the great depression. Now, as of today none are present but, I guess you could call any group of shanty houses a Hooverville.

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