Essay On Hoovervilles

Hoovervilles were important during the time of the Great Depression because they provided shelter for those who lost their homes, jobs, and money. Hoovervilles did have a downside, they were soon to spread across the nation which had a cause of major health risks to those who lived in or around Hoovervilles. Hoovervilles lasted from 1929 to 1939 and were named after President Herbert Hoover. The government did not provide help to the people affected, so many blamed Hoover for the Depression and not providing relief. The Great Depression happened because so many people were invested in the stock market so when they heard it was going to crash they ran to the banks to get all their money out and pay off their debts that they own due to the stock market crash, but the banks did not have enough money to give …show more content…
Millions of men were sent to war and their jobs were taken over by the unemployed. The unemployment rate dropped to about 14.6% when the United States started to draft in 1940. Then it dropped again to 9.9% when the United States officially joined World War II in 1941.Hoovervilles started to be taken down during this time when a shake elimination program took place. After Hoover left office, the people wanted a president who would not be afraid to on the mass destruction Hoover left behind. The person to take on these problems would be Franklin D. Roosevelt. Another reason that Hoovervilles began to decrease was Roosevelt’s New Deal. The New Deal was created to help America to recover from the Great Depression. The three steps that were taken in Roosevelt’s New Deal were relief, reform and recovery. Each step had smaller tasks, for example relief was the creation of new jobs for the unemployed. Reform provided citizens a form of individual security if the stock market were to ever crash again. Finally, recovery was when people got back on their feet, had jobs, money, and a home