Question

What was a “Hooverville”? A. a new vacuum-based cleaning technology B. a big-city neighborhood that was home to many writers C. an affluent area in which the wealthy and powerful sealed themselves off from the poor and working classes D. an impoverished shanty town named for the president who was unable to fix the economic crisis

Answer 1

D ) was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States of America during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.

Answer 2

D. —Hoovervilles arose during the Great Depression in the United States as a place for people, often impoverished by the Depression, to live. The president at the time of the Depression was Hebert Hoover, and because people blamed him for it, these shantytowns were called Hoovervilles.