https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp en-us 2021-02-03 16:23:51 UTC 2025-12-08 12:52:55 UTC hello@padlet.com lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159711723 This is a photo of a Hooverville in Seattle. We can see the poverty and the lack of access to basic resources that people had. The houses are little more than wooden shacks]]> 2021-02-03 16:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159711723 lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159742681 This short film shows what life was like during the great depression in Hoovervilles. We see huge amounts of poverty and hopelessness]]> 2021-02-03 16:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159742681 lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159749396 This painting shows how the lower class was ignored even though they were the ones struggling the most. We see them huddled beneath a highway with no help coming. This represents the many people overlooked by the government.]]> 2021-02-03 16:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159749396 lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159755724 The poem speaks about the hardships these people faced and how they often had to lose many things that were commonplace before the crash. Sme had to leave their families to find work and we feel the pain they felt in this poem]]> 2021-02-03 16:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159755724 lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159763481 This image shows parts of the fallout from the great depression including Hoovervilles. It allows us to see the devastation on a greater level]]> 2021-02-03 16:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159763481 lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159768741 This cartoon shows how the people most affected were ignored by the president and the country. They were left for dead as the rest of the county forgot them and worked to help industries recover before they helped the poor]]> 2021-02-03 16:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159768741 lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159796191 As the Depression worsened and millions of urban and rural families lost their jobs and depleted their savings, they also lost their homes. Desperate for shelter, homeless citizens built shanty towns in and around cities across the nation. These camps came to be called Hoovervilles, after the president.]]> 2021-02-03 16:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159796191 lalexandroff https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159822205 "Hooverville" was a deliberately politicized label, emphasizing that President Herbert Hoover and the Republican Party were to be held responsible for the economic crisis and its miseries.]]> 2021-02-03 16:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lalexandroff/w9k611kyy15whnkp/wish/1159822205