Question

Makeshift cities during the Great Depression were called _____. shanty towns depressing dwellings Hoovervilles poor man ghettos

Answer 1

Makeshift cities during the Great Depression were called Hoovervilles. The were named after President Herbert Hoover because Americans felt that he was the cause of all of their troubles.

Answer 2

The Great Depression began in the United States in 1929 when the stock market crashed and became a worldwide economic depression. People had to build shanty towns which were called Hoovervilles because the acting President Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression.

Question: Makeshift cities during the Great Depression were called _____.

Answer: C. Hoovervilles