USA HISTORY

THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The homeless began building shack or “shanties” on vacant lots in nearly every large city in America. What does the word “lots” mean in this sentence?
A
plenty of something
B
the name of a man who had a wife
C
small area of land
D
a place where people are buried
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Unemployed laborers, unable to pay their rent, became homeless. Sometimes the homeless built shacks of tar paper or scrap material. These shanty town settlements came to be called Hoovervilles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hoovervilles Appear Nationwide 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-4: -Homeless Americans began to build their own camps on the edges of cities, where they lived in shacks and other crude shelters. These areas were known as shantytowns.

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