CLEP US History II

Category - Presidential Policies

Which of the following was the colloquial term for a homeless encampment during the Great Depression?
  1. Hoover Shanty
  2. Hoover Camp
  3. Hoovertown
  4. Hooverville
  5. Hoover City
Explanation
Answer: D - “Hooverville” was the popular term for a collection of makeshift shelters assembled by homeless people during the Great Depression. The term was coined by a political opponent of President Herbert Hoover, who was widely derided for failing to stop the stock market crash and subsequent economic downturn from becoming a full-scale depression. Hoover did, in fact, intervene, but not enough to curtail the calamity in any meaningful way. Ironically, Hoover was a brilliant economist, but he failed to manage the Great Depression effectively because he believed it was part of the standard cyclical nature of an economy.
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