it’s the Great Depression. Sheltering in tents and lining up for free meals, they are living in an updated version of Hoovervilles. President Hoover did not create the tent cities that sprang up ...

Known as the Great Depression, this economic crisis was ... many homeless folks lived out of shanty towns known as Hoovervilles (named in derision to then-President Herbert Hoover) assembled ...

As a result, President Hoover sent in troops with tear gas and tanks to remove the marchers and their Hooverville ... to the problems caused by the Great Depression. The result of Hoover ...

EXCLUSIVE: If you ask a friend what they know about Herbert Hoover, you’ll get a few quick responses: "The Great Depression," "the stock market crash," "Hoovervilles!" But that’s only part of ...