Hobos In Hooverville
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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HOBOS IN HOOVERVILLES
BY KYARISS, DEAN, DONAVAN, DaQUWAN, COREY
WHAT STARTTED HOOVERVILLES?
- The Depression worsened and millions of families lost their jobs, depleted their savings, and lost their homes
- Desperate for shelter homeless citizens built shantytowns across the nation.
THE SHANTIES
- They were constructed of:
- Tin
- Cardboard
- Glass
- Lumber and other scrap materials
WHY ARE THEY CALLED HOOVERVILLES?
- Charles Michelson is credited with coining the term
- Called Hoovervilles because president hoover was blamed for the crisis
WHAT CAUSED THE HOOVERVILLES?
- The Great Depression resulted in job loss
- 15 million were unemployed
- Hoover tried to end the depression by telling people to be less dependent
CAUSES CONT.
- Hoover passed bills to improve housing for the poor
- Smoot-Hawley tariff act
- Public works program with $150 million budget
- 1932 reconstruction finance corporation
LIFE ON A HOOVERVILLE
- No two Hoovervilles were quite alike, and the camps varied in population and size
- Some were as small as a hundred people while others, are bigger than Washington, D.C
- St. Louis was home to one of the country’s largest and longest-standing Hoovervilles
LIFE ON A HOOVERVILLE CONT.
- Hoovervilles were built near rivers for the convenience of a water source
- Some Hoovervilles were dotted with vegetable gardens
- Some managed to get furniture in the shanties before they were evicted out they're old homes
- Hoovervilles were typically grim and unsanitary
WHATS A HOBO?
- A homeless person who usually moves from place to place
- The word hobo originated in the western US during the 1930s
- 16 to 25 years old usually
- Rode trains to find work
- Carried a bindle, which was a carrying bag on a stick
Hobos lined in huge lines for welfare
Hobos jumped on trains illegally to find jobs
Hobos lined up for work
WHAT THEY WORE
- Hobos generally wore handy-me-downs
- If they had a hole in the garment they put a patch in it
