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Hooverville
thumb|A Hooverville in Seattle, 1933. Hoovervilles were shanty towns and slums built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was president of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it. The term was coined by Charles Michelson. There were hundreds of Hoovervilles across the country during the 1930s.
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Hooverville var öknamnet på de kåkstäder som bildades av kringresande arbetare under den stora depressionen i USA under 1930-talet. Namnet Hooverville har sina rötter i det missnöje som riktades mot den då sittande amerikanska presidenten Herbert Hoover och dennes passiva ställningstagande i början av depressionen. Termen myntades av , publicitetschef för Democratic National Committee.
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