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A "Hooverville" is the popular name for slum towns built by people without homes during the Great Depression. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was the President of the United States during the start of the Great Depression and was given the blame for it.

Most Hoovervilles were made out of any materials people could find, including crates, cardboard, and scraps of metal. They usually had a small stove, a bed, and some cooking instruments. People who were living in Hoovervilles without jobs created public charities or asked for food from people with houses.

One well-known Hooverville was in Central Park in New York City, where people lived on the Great Lawn, which was then an empty reservoir.

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Unemployed at their huts in a Hooverville in Manhattan, NYC, West Houston and Mercer Sts.; 1935, Berenice Abbot.

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Shanty Town Facts for kids: Fast Fact Sheet
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about the Shanty Town for kids.

What were the Hoovervilles (Shanty Town) of the Great Depression? Hoovervilles were the nickname given to a Shanty Town during the Great Depression and consisted of camps of makeshift shacks or tents set up on unused or public lands.

Who lived in a Hooverville or Shanty Town? The people who lived in a Hooverville or Shanty Town were men, women and children, black and white, from all walks of life, who had been evicted from their homes and made homeless due to unemployment in the Great Depression.

Why was the Shanty Town called a Hooverville? The Shanty Town was given the sarcastic nickname 'Hooverville' after President Herbert Hoover who Americans blamed for the Great Depression

Shanty Town Facts for kids The following fact sheet contains interesting facts and information on Shanty Town and Hoovervilles.

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids

Small camps and sites in towns sprang up in any available space. The picture opposite shows a small site in Manhattan, New York.

Shanty Town Fact 10: As the Great Depression deepened people protested and launched hunger marches. WW1 veterans formed what was called the Bonus Army and 40,000 people descended on Washington D.C. and set up makeshift camps on areas such as the Anacostia Flats.

● The Floors of the shacks were often made of dirt, clay or mud
● Access to safe drinking water was limited and only available from ponds and rivers
● The sanitation facilities were totally inadequate - latrines were dug in ditches
● Tents and makeshift shacks provided inadequate shelter during inclement weather conditions

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The state described as 'absolute poverty' has been described as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information". The inhabitants of the Hoovervilles and shantytowns in the 1930s were deprived of many of these basic needs - for additional facts refer to Shanty Town Fact 14: Poverty in the Great Depression

● Homeless people set up camp at an empty reservoir - now the Great Lawn at Central Park. It was called "Hoover Valley" and the shacks were referred to as "Depression Street". It was demolished in April 1933 when work on the reservoir landfill resumed
● Other shantytowns in New York were given their own names:
● ● "Hardlucksville" was at the end of 10th Street on the East River
● ● "Camp Thomas Paine" was set up along the Hudson in Riverside Park
● Red Hook, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City also had its own shantytown

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Shanty Town Facts for kids: Fast Fact Sheet
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about the Shanty Town for kids.

What were the Hoovervilles (Shanty Town) of the Great Depression? Hoovervilles were the nickname given to a Shanty Town during the Great Depression and consisted of camps of makeshift shacks or tents set up on unused or public lands.

Who lived in a Hooverville or Shanty Town? The people who lived in a Hooverville or Shanty Town were men, women and children, black and white, from all walks of life, who had been evicted from their homes and made homeless due to unemployment in the Great Depression.

Why was the Shanty Town called a Hooverville? The Shanty Town was given the sarcastic nickname 'Hooverville' after President Herbert Hoover who Americans blamed for the Great Depression

Shanty Town Facts for kids The following fact sheet contains interesting facts and information on Shanty Town and Hoovervilles.

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids

Small camps and sites in towns sprang up in any available space. The picture opposite shows a small site in Manhattan, New York.

Shanty Town Fact 10: As the Great Depression deepened people protested and launched hunger marches. WW1 veterans formed what was called the Bonus Army and 40,000 people descended on Washington D.C. and set up makeshift camps on areas such as the Anacostia Flats.

● The Floors of the shacks were often made of dirt, clay or mud
● Access to safe drinking water was limited and only available from ponds and rivers
● The sanitation facilities were totally inadequate - latrines were dug in ditches
● Tents and makeshift shacks provided inadequate shelter during inclement weather conditions

Continued...

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Facts about the Shanty Town for kids : Hoovervilles
The following fact sheet continues with facts about the Shanty Town and Hoovervilles for kids.

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids

The state described as 'absolute poverty' has been described as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information". The inhabitants of the Hoovervilles and shantytowns in the 1930s were deprived of many of these basic needs - for additional facts refer to Shanty Town Fact 14: Poverty in the Great Depression

● Homeless people set up camp at an empty reservoir - now the Great Lawn at Central Park. It was called "Hoover Valley" and the shacks were referred to as "Depression Street". It was demolished in April 1933 when work on the reservoir landfill resumed
● Other shantytowns in New York were given their own names:
● ● "Hardlucksville" was at the end of 10th Street on the East River
● ● "Camp Thomas Paine" was set up along the Hudson in Riverside Park
● Red Hook, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City also had its own shantytown

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids
For visitors interested in the history of the Great Depression refer to the following articles:

Shanty Town Facts for kids: Hoovervilles - President Herbert Hoover Video
The article on the Shanty Town provides detailed facts and a summary of one of the important events during his presidential term in office. The following Herbert Hoover video will give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the 31st American President whose presidency spanned from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933.

Shanty Town Facts: Hoovervilles

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Shanty Town Facts for kids: Fast Fact Sheet
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about the Shanty Town for kids.

What were the Hoovervilles (Shanty Town) of the Great Depression? Hoovervilles were the nickname given to a Shanty Town during the Great Depression and consisted of camps of makeshift shacks or tents set up on unused or public lands.

Who lived in a Hooverville or Shanty Town? The people who lived in a Hooverville or Shanty Town were men, women and children, black and white, from all walks of life, who had been evicted from their homes and made homeless due to unemployment in the Great Depression.

Why was the Shanty Town called a Hooverville? The Shanty Town was given the sarcastic nickname 'Hooverville' after President Herbert Hoover who Americans blamed for the Great Depression

Shanty Town Facts for kids The following fact sheet contains interesting facts and information on Shanty Town and Hoovervilles.

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids

Small camps and sites in towns sprang up in any available space. The picture opposite shows a small site in Manhattan, New York.

Shanty Town Fact 10: As the Great Depression deepened people protested and launched hunger marches. WW1 veterans formed what was called the Bonus Army and 40,000 people descended on Washington D.C. and set up makeshift camps on areas such as the Anacostia Flats.

● The Floors of the shacks were often made of dirt, clay or mud
● Access to safe drinking water was limited and only available from ponds and rivers
● The sanitation facilities were totally inadequate - latrines were dug in ditches
● Tents and makeshift shacks provided inadequate shelter during inclement weather conditions

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Facts about the Shanty Town for kids : Hoovervilles
The following fact sheet continues with facts about the Shanty Town and Hoovervilles for kids.

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids

The state described as 'absolute poverty' has been described as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information". The inhabitants of the Hoovervilles and shantytowns in the 1930s were deprived of many of these basic needs - for additional facts refer to Shanty Town Fact 14: Poverty in the Great Depression

● Homeless people set up camp at an empty reservoir - now the Great Lawn at Central Park. It was called "Hoover Valley" and the shacks were referred to as "Depression Street". It was demolished in April 1933 when work on the reservoir landfill resumed
● Other shantytowns in New York were given their own names:
● ● "Hardlucksville" was at the end of 10th Street on the East River
● ● "Camp Thomas Paine" was set up along the Hudson in Riverside Park
● Red Hook, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City also had its own shantytown

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids

Shanty Town Facts (The Hoovervilles) for kids
For visitors interested in the history of the Great Depression refer to the following articles:

Shanty Town Facts for kids: Hoovervilles - President Herbert Hoover Video
The article on the Shanty Town provides detailed facts and a summary of one of the important events during his presidential term in office. The following Herbert Hoover video will give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the 31st American President whose presidency spanned from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933.

Shanty Town Facts: Hoovervilles

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Herbert Hoover was the 31st US President who served in office from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933. One of the most important events during his presidency was the beginning of the period in US history known as the Great Depression.

Great Depression Facts: Fast Fact Sheet
Fast, fun facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about the Great Depression.

When did the Great Depression start? The Great Depression started with the Wall Street Crash which occurred on October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)

When did the Great Depression end? The Great Depression lasted for ten years and ended in 1939 as WW2 broke out. The worst year of the Great Depression was 1933.

What was the Unemployment Rate during the Great Depression: The Unemployment Rate during the Great Depression in 1933 was 25%. Over 12 million people were unemployed with over 12,000 people being made unemployed every single day at the height of the Great Depression.

What Caused the Great Depression?
The Great Depression was caused by many different factors including false sense of prosperity in America, the 1929 Stock Market Crash, Bank failures, lack of credit, bankruptcies, unemployment, reduction in purchasing, American economic policy and failures by the Federal Reserve, loss of exports, drought conditions and the Dust Bowl. For comprehensive facts and information refer to the Causes and effects of the Great Depression.

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The Great Depression Fact 1: Roaring Twenties had been an exciting period in America with new inventions, technical innovations and changing lifestyles. The feeling of exuberance and invincibility disappeared almost overnight triggered by the 1929 Wall Street Crash and economic collapse in the United States.
Great Depression Fact 2: The Great Depression was aptly named reflecting both the long and severe recession in the American economy and the feelings of dejection and despair experienced by the American people. Great Depression Fact 4: His sense of optimism, shared by so many Americans before the economic collapse, was conveyed in one of his campaign speeches on the potential of America towards ever greater economic prosperity. Great Depression Fact 6: "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land.
We shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation." Ordinary, Middle Class Americans had invested in the Stock Market. By 1929 nearly 4 million Americans (about 10% of US households) had invested in the stock market " Buying on Margin" meaning that they were buying shares with loans. Great Depression Fact 8: There was an uneven distribution of income in America. Lower class, poor Americans were in the majority (60%) - these people were suffering even before the Great Depression and had limited spendable income. Great Depression Fact 10: The federal government did not insure bank deposits. If a bank collapsed its customers lost all their savings. During 1929-1931 over 3000 banks went bankrupt - over 10% of the nation's total and more followed as the Great Depression deepened. Great Depression Fact 12: Rumors would circulate that a bank was about to collapse. People scrambled to withdraw their money. As a bank run progressed, it generated its own momentum in a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. As people withdrew their money, even more people made withdrawals. The bank would run out of cash and become bankrupt.
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● 1930 Hawley-Smoot Tariff created protective tariffs (taxes) and increased rates on imported goods Hoover Dam
● 1931 Federal Home Loan Act was passed creating the Home Loan Board and the creation of banks to handle home mortgages. The Federal Home Loan Banks received $125 million in capital
● In October 1931 the National Credit Corporation was created to encourage the largest banks in the country to establish lending agencies to lend money to small banks on the brink of foreclosure, that could be used for loans
● 1931 Wagner-Graham Stabilization Act was passed to set up the Federal Stabilization Board to initiate public works such as dams and highways
● The 1931 Keyes-Elliott Acts appropriated an additional $330 million for Federal buildings and construction projects in order to aid employment
● Congress passed the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 to create the Reconstruction Finance Corp. (RFC). The RFC was designed to give out loans to banks, railroads, and companies in order to pump money back into the economy
● The Emergency Committee for Employment was set up August 19, 1931 in an attempt to mobilize private charity and encouraged states and cities to increase public works spending. It ended on June 30, 1932 because the government was not willing to help the agencies with the aid of money
● Public Works Programs were initiated, such as the construction of the

The Great Depression Fact 17: Bonus Army March took place in the summer of 1932 as WW1 veterans marched to Washington to lobby Congress to pass legislation authorizing the early payment of $1000 veterans bonuses. The bill was not passed. Some veterans, with no where else to go, stayed in Washington living in unoccupied building and makeshift camps. The government called in the army to remove the veterans. The US Army, under Douglas MacArthur, used extreme and violent tactics to remove the veterans.

Others lined up at ' Soup Kitchens', established by charities, where food was served to the hungry. The picture illustrates a typical Soup Kitchen in the 1930's.
"The fundamental business of the country, that is, production and distribution of commodities,
is on a sound and prosperous basis.."
Great Depression Fact 22: Shanty towns (Hoovervilles): Due to unemployment Americans were unable to pay their bills. Many unfortunate tenants were evicted by bailiffs. Homeless Americans had no alternative but to set up shacks on unused or public lands. The photograph of the children living in a 1930's shantytown conveys the plight and the living conditions forced on American citizens who had been made homeless, through no fault of their own, during the Great Depression. Nearly 50% of children did not have adequate food, shelter, or medical care. For more facts refer to Shantytowns and Hoovervilles

Great Depression Fact 24: Dust Bowl: Farmers had experienced a difficult time in the 1920s. It got worse in the 1930s. In 1932 a devastating drought hit the farmers in North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. With no rainfall the soil turned to dust. Violent winds whipped the dry soil creating terrifying dust storms. The dust got everywhere, crops were ruined and livestock were killed. Farmers lost their lands and homes to the foreclosures by the banks. The dust bowl and the dust storms destroyed 100 million acres of land. Over 3 million impoverished people became homeless and many had no alternative but to head west to California away from the devastation of the prairie states.

Crime increased during the Great Depression. Amongst the Americans, who followed in the path of Great Depression Fact 28: Al Capone, turned to crime during the period were Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, Machine Gun Kelly, Pretty Boy Floyd and the Ma Barker gang.

The period in American history known as the New Deal was about to begin.

In the ' Great Depression Fact 34: First 100 Days' the Roosevelt presidency started with intensive legislative activity and Congress passed 15 important acts to combat the economic crisis - these actions were referred to as the 'First New Deal' encompassing his policies of Relief, Recovery and Reform.

Great Depression Fact 35: President Roosevelt's New Deal Programs would become the biggest, most expensive government initiatives introduced by any American President. His first goal was to stabilize the banking system. The Emergency Banking Relief Bill brought all banks under federal control.

Great Depression Fact 36: President Roosevelt realized that he had to win back the confidence of the American people. He used the power of communication via the radio and established a weekly broadcast called the " Fireside Chats " to speak directly to Americans.

The Second New Deal emerged in 1935 - 1936 established more radical and reforming policies. These included the Great Depression Fact 37: Works Progress Administration, the Rural Electrification Administration and the National Labor Relations Act. The federal organizations that were created to provide practical were nicknamed "Alphabet Agencies," such as the TVA, NRA, CCC, AAA and PWA.
"..the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror".
World War 2 broke out in 1939 and the United States entered the conflict on December 7, 1941. At this point the economic output in America surged and unemployment fell - refer to Great Depression Fact 38: US Mobilization for WW2

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