During the Great Depression, shanty towns, also known as "Hoovervilles," began to sprout up across the US. Named after President Herbert Hoover, they were made up of scraps of wood, tin, tar, and ...

During the Great Depression, shanty towns, also known as "Hoovervilles," began to sprout up across the US. Named after President Herbert Hoover, they were made up of scraps of wood, tin, tar, and ...

The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in US history when unemployment reached 25%. When the pandemic hit in 2020, Americans hadn't felt that level of economic tragedy in a century.

During the Great Depression, more than 5,000 of the dispossessed drifted toward a Midwest version of world's end — the flood-prone land along the Mississippi River. They lived in shacks ...

The largest Hooverville in Seattle existed on the tidal flats adjacent to the Port of Seattle, ... The crowd began to gather at 5 a.m. to register for federal relief jobs during the Great Depression.