<P> A `` Hooverville '' was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America . They were named after Herbert Hoover , who was President of the United States of America during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it . The term was coined by Charles Michelson , publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee . There were hundreds of Hoovervilles across the country during the 1930s and hundreds of thousands of people lived in these slums . </P>
<P> A `` Hooverville '' was a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States of America . They were named after Herbert Hoover , who was President of the United States of America during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it . The term was coined by Charles Michelson , publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee . There were hundreds of Hoovervilles across the country during the 1930s and hundreds of thousands of people lived in these slums . </P>
what were the homeless called during the great depression
what were the homeless called during the great depression
the homeless
the homeless