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They were called Hoovervilles, after President Hoover. Many people blamed President Hoover for the Depression.

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Hoovervilles was a term from the shanty towns and homeless encampments that sprang up during the Great Depression which ran from roughly 1929 to 1937 due to people who lost their homes because they could not meet their mortgage payments or pay their rent.


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The towns of shacks and tents built by homeless people during the Great Depression were commonly referred to as "Hoovervilles," named derisively after President Herbert Hoover, who was blamed for the economic crisis. These makeshift communities sprang up in cities across the United States as people lost their homes and sought shelter. Hoovervilles were often constructed from scrap materials and reflected the severe poverty and desperation faced by many during that time. They became symbols of the hardships of the Great Depression and the struggles of the American populace.


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