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What name was given to towns that grew very suddenly in the west?
boom towns
What are some types of temporary homes?
"Temporary homes can be made from tents, cargo containers, ice and snow (igloos), animal skins and sticks (teepees), and the like. Things do become cliche because they're true, and many shanty towns and refugee camps around the world make use of cardboard temporary home construction."
Who is the Mexican revolutionary who raided American border towns in 1916?
Pancho Villa would be the leader best known for those raids across the border.
How many towns have Turkey in there name in the US?
None I think there are no towns in the US that have "turkey" in them
Why have some gold rush towns become ghost towns?
some of the gold rush towns hve now been called ghost towns because peope have passed away there because of the lack of food, water and warmth/coldness
What were the shanty towns called of depression?
well they were very bad looking
Shanty towns that sprang up during the Great Depression were popularly known as?
They were called Hoovervilles, after President Hoover. Many people blamed President Hoover for the Depression.
What was the name given to shanty towns in the Depression Era?
These were called Hoovervilles in honor of the then President Hoover. They were named so because of President Hoover's adamant position against the government injecting itself into the economy.
Why did people call shanty towns hoovervilles?
The word 'Hooverville' in the Great Depression was named after the President of the United States, Herbert Hoover because he allegedly let the nation fall into a depression. 'Hoovervilles' were nothing more than shanty towns built for the homeless.
Why hoovervilles are important?
was the popular name for shanty towns built by homeless people during the Great Depression.
How many shanty towns are there in the world?
there are over a thousand shanty towns in the world.
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.
What was the name shanty towns that were built as temporary residences for the many people who were left homeless during The Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
How do places change by people migrating to shanty towns?
Peaple move to shanty towns because it's the only place they can go, as people move in the shanty towns will expand.
What town of shacks and tents built by homeless people during the depression?
Such make-shift 'towns' are known as shanty towns. Though it can also be known as a squatter area.
What are South African shanty towns called?
shanty town
What other names are there for shanty towns?
Shanty towns they are places which are poor.. for example India , Africa , China
