THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1929 1940
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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inside out pockets to show you have no money
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newspaper the homeless used to cover up with
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shantytowns where the homeless lived
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, newspapers used to shield the homeless from the cold were called “Hoover blankets, ” while empty pants pockets pulled inside out-demonstrating no coins in one’s pockets-were “Hoover flags.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Newspapers used by the destitute as bundling for warmth became known as Hoover blankets. Pockets turned inside out were called Hoover flags.
Detailed explanation-3: -UPDATE: In a previous column, I discussed Hooverisms, negative nicknames given to certain items used during the Great Depression. For instance, newspapers were called “Hoover blankets” because they were often used as blankets. “Hoover flags” were empty pockets turned inside out, and a “Hooverville” was a shantytown.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hoover wagon (plural Hoover wagons) (US, chiefly historical) A broken-down or permanently out-of-gas car pulled by a horse, chiefly in the US during the Great Depression.
Detailed explanation-5: -Some unemployed became transients, searching for jobs and food. In Seattle, unemployment was 11% in April 1930, rising to 26% by January 1935. Families doubled up in apartments, others were evicted and built makeshift houses. Groups of these dwellings for the homeless were called Hoovervilles.