Which of the following best describes hoovervilles? a. breadlines set up during the great depression

Which of the following best describes hoovervilles?

a. breadlines set up during the great depression

b. shanty towns that began to pop up during the great depression

c. the financial district on wall street in new york city

d. areas of support for herbert hoover during the great depression

Answer: b. shanty towns that began to pop up during the great depression

Hoovervilles were the international term for the shantytowns and homeless encampments which appeared in the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s, being thus supposed that this was the result of the policies of the then President Herbert Hoover. These “won’t be permanent” or non-form buildings, made from scraps and card board’s residences were provided to homeless and jobless people coming in a severe economic crisis. The word “Hooverville” as a discriminatory slang was as a result of accusing President Hoover for his seeming lack of adequate response to the people suffering from the economic crisis. Such shantytowns were a metaphor for the depths of poverty and homelessness, which rampantly afflicted many Americans at the time, and thus they cast a bitter light on the shackling and woeful living conditions endured by those disproportionately affected by the Great Depression