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| Shantytowns formed in cities across the United States in the 1930s, built by people made homeless by the Great Depression. The areas, like this one in Seattle, were nicknamed Hoovervilles because their inhabitants blamed President Herbert Hoover for their plight. | ||||||
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| United States (History); Seattle; Great Depression in the United States; Hoover, Herbert Clark; Poverty | ||||||
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