Disgust with Hoover. Shantytowns were houses cobbled together out of trash because people were to poor to afford housing during the great depression. Herbert Hoover did such a terrible job managing the depression that they named their towns after him im disgust as a way of blaming him.
The American Civil war lasted till
<span>April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865
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it allowed the territories of Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana to become states.