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When people could not pay their mortgages, they were evicted from their homes.

When people could not pay their mortgages, they were evicted from their homes. They put up shacks on unused or public land. These communities were called “ shantytowns ”. Most people blamed the president, and called them “ Hoovervilles ”. Seattle. Pittsburgh. Milwaukee. New York.

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When people could not pay their mortgages, they were evicted from their homes.

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  1. When people could not pay their mortgages, they were evicted from their homes. They put up shacks on unused or public land. These communities were called “shantytowns” Most people blamed the president, and called them “Hoovervilles”

  2. Seattle Pittsburgh Milwaukee New York

  3. Hobos were men who had lost their jobs and who hopped rides on trains to find work elsewhere.

  4. As businesses closed, Hoover wanted to increase public works – building projects financed by the government. To replace jobs lost in the private sector. Why? How to pay for them? Raise taxes?Borrow money?

  5. Hoover tried to bail out the banks by forming the National Credit Corp. (NCC) Since banks wouldn’t lend $, Hoover set up the Reconstruction Finance Corp. (RFC) Hoover opposed relief - $ that went directly to poor people.

  6. People finally got fed up and began to riot and loot grocery stores. The American Communist party organized Hunger Marches. “Feed the hungry, tax the rich”

  7. “Empty is the cupboard, no pillow for the head we are the hunger children who cry for milk and bread. We are the hunger children who cry for milk and bread. We are the worker’s children who must, who must be fed.” -song sung by children at the gates of the White House, Thanksgiving Day 1932, shortly before they were arrested.

  8. How does the economic climate today remind us of the Great Depression?

  9. Banks foreclosed on farmers, taking their land and evicting their families. Farmers revolted by destroying crops to try to reduce supply and raise prices.

  10. The “Bonus Army” made up of 15,000 WWI vets who wanted their $1,000 pension. Things turned ugly, and troops were called in to clear the mob using tear gas and bayonets.

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