mNo edit summary Tag: Visual edit |
mNo edit summary Tag: Visual edit |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Hooverville.jpg|thumb|286x286px]] | |||
A '''Hooverville''' was a shanty town built during the [[Great Depression]] by the [[Homelessness|homeless]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. They were named after [[Herbert Hoover]], who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium / University of Washington|title=Hoovervilles and Homelessness|url=https://depts.washington.edu/depress/hooverville.shtml}}</ref> | A '''Hooverville''' was a shanty town built during the [[Great Depression]] by the [[Homelessness|homeless]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. They were named after [[Herbert Hoover]], who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium / University of Washington|title=Hoovervilles and Homelessness|url=https://depts.washington.edu/depress/hooverville.shtml}}</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 03:18, 19 June 2022
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.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Hoovervilles and Homelessness". Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium / University of Washington.