Hoovervilles
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Hoovervilles were makeshift shantytowns built by homeless and unemployed people across the United States during the Great Depression, symbolizing the era’s severe economic hardship and government inaction.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical phenomenon
→
shantytown → |
| associatedWith |
Hoover blankets
→
Hoover flags → Hoover wagons → |
| builtBy |
homeless people
→
unemployed workers → |
| characterizedBy |
lack of sanitation
→
overcrowding → poverty → |
| declinedBecauseOf |
New Deal relief programs
→
World War II economic recovery → |
| developedFrom |
makeshift shelters
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| documentedIn |
contemporary newspapers
→
oral histories → photographs → |
| emergedDuring |
Great Depression
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| foundIn |
outskirts of cities
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public land → riverbanks → urban areas → vacant lots → |
| governedBy |
informal rules
→
self-appointed leaders → |
| hasCause |
economic collapse
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mass unemployment → widespread homelessness → |
| hasLanguageOrigin |
American English
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| inhabitedBy |
families
→
migrants → single men → |
| locatedIn |
United States
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|
| namedAfter |
Herbert Hoover
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|
| namedAs |
criticism of Herbert Hoover
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| notableExampleLocation |
Central Park
→
Chicago → New York City → Seattle → St. Louis → |
| relatedTo |
breadlines
→
soup kitchens → |
| symbolized |
economic hardship
→
government inaction → |
| timePeriodEnd |
late 1930s
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| timePeriodStart |
early 1930s
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| typicalMaterial |
cardboard
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packing crates → scrap wood → tar paper → tin → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
The Grapes of Wrath
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setIn |