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What where Shantytowns and Hoovervilles? Why where they called Hoovervilles?

What where Shantytowns and Hoovervilles? Why where they called Hoovervilles?
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What where Shantytowns and Hoovervilles? Why where they called Hoovervilles?

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They were houses made from scrap metal, wood, dirt, etc. They were nicknamed Hoovervilles because of President Hoover's presidency during the Great Depression. 
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