Bread Line In Depression Era New York Soup Kitchens And Breadlines Hoovervilles. as the depression worsened and millions of families lost their jobs and depleted their savings, they also lost their homes. desperate for shelter, homeless citizens built shantytowns. Tek 16c: analyze the effects of the great depression on the u.s. economy and society such as widespread unemployment and deportation and repatriation of peop.
Shantytowns Dust Bowl Soup Kicthens Breadlines Great Depression Key takeaways: hoovervilles. “hoovervilles” were hundreds of makeshift homeless encampments built near large cities across the united states during the great depression (1929 1933). dwellings in the hoovervilles were little more than shacks built of discarded bricks, wood, tin, and cardboard. others were simply holes dug in the ground. Great depression bread lines, food lines, and soup lines worked hard to feed those who could not afford to feed themselves. these lines, run by charities like the red cross, saw hundreds of people. There were hundreds of hoovervilles across the country during the 1930s. [2] homelessness was present before the great depression, and was a common sight before 1929. most large cities built municipal lodging houses for the homeless, but the depression exponentially [3] increased demand. the homeless clustered in shanty towns close to free soup. Hoovervilles and homelessness. click here to see more photographs of hoovervilles and homeless encampments in seattle and tacoma. "hooverville" became a common term for shacktowns and homeless encampments during the great depression. there were dozens in the state of washington, hundreds throughout the country, each testifying to the housing.
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