The popular name for these communities was formulated by Charles Michelson, the publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee, and the largest of them was set up in Central Park, where residents angrily demonstrated against the perceived lack of governmental action taken against unemployment and the rampant corruption of city officials.
The popular name for these communities was formulated by Charles Michelson, the publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee, and the largest of them was set up in Central Park, where residents angrily demonstrated against the perceived lack of governmental action taken against unemployment and the rampant corruption of city officials. For ten points, name these shantytowns inhabited by desperate unemployed Americans during the early 1930's, ironically named for the president who failed to take decisive action in response to the Great Depression.
The popular name for these communities was formulated by Charles Michelson, the publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee, and the largest of them was set up in Central Park, where residents angrily demonstrated against the perceived lack of governmental action taken against unemployment and the rampant corruption of city officials.
Hoovervilles