THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Question
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Depressionville
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Government homes
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Hooverville
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the Depression worsened and millions of families lost their jobs and depleted their savings, they also lost their homes. Desperate for shelter, homeless citizens built shantytowns in and around cities across the nation. These camps came to be called Hoovervilles, after the president.
Detailed explanation-2: -A “Hooverville” was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The towns were named “Hoovervilles, ” because of President Herbert Hoover’s ineffective relief policies. Mass unemployment was rampant among men aged 18–50, and the lack of a social safety net continued to push them down the ladder.