Hoovervilles: American History Dictionary - Hoovervilles

Definition and meaning of Hoovervilles:

Hoovervilles

"Hoovervilles" were the ramshackle communities built of paper boxes, rusty sheet metal, and other refuse by people who were left homeless in the depression. These people tended to blame President Hoover for the depression and honored him in this way. Hoovervilles cropped up in many cities in 1930 and 1931.

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The meaning of Hoovervilles is an excerpt from Madrid Waddington High School,

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