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[[Image:Hooverville.jpg|250px|thumb|Hooverville in the middle of [[Central Park]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'')]] | [[Image:Hooverville.jpg|250px|thumb|Hooverville in the middle of [[Central Park]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'')]] | ||
'''"Hooverville"''' was a name applied to shantytowns that arose during the [[Great Depression]]. | '''"Hooverville"''' was a name applied to shantytowns that arose during the [[Great Depression]]. Named after [[Herbert Hoover]] — the [[President (United States of America)|President of the United States]] at the time of the onset of the Depression — they were located all over [[United States|America]], and temporarily housed people made homeless by the economic downturn. One was even situated in the middle of [[Central Park]] in [[Manhattan]]. A man known as [[Solomon]] acted as its unofficial leader. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
