A Comparison Of The Great Depression And Hoovervilles

The ten year span of the Great Depression showed families how to live without a stable home or even going to bed without dinner some nights. First off, many people living in the 1930’s were unemployed and homeless, causing them to live in Hoovervilles. The citizens living in Hoovervilles lived unsanitary lives and often faced hunger. In fact, Hoovervilles were built out of unwanted material and provided little shelter. Many put all the blame on the then president, Herbert Hoover, when he refused to help his people through this life changing event. The comparison of Hoover and his poor decisions often got compared to the poor situations that his people had to live in. Hoover should no support during his presidency. Therefore, life during the

As people began losing their jobs, they began losing all hope to get a meal everyday. Hoover felt that if the people needed help, they should get help from the people that are going through the same thing they are. As a result, churches and private companies provided soup kitchens and breadlines as a way to help. Many people that were standing in bread lines were embarrassed to be there. Bread lines would run out before everyone got some, so the people at the end usually went hungry. However, when these soup kitchens were getting low on food, they would water down the soup in order to try and feed all the people in line (Hoovervilles). On occasion there wasn’t enough food for everyone, so often times they would dig through the trash cans. Bread lines usually had so many people need food that the line would be wrapped around the block. Parents would stand in line just to be able to get their children food, they often ended up going hungry (AmericanHistoryRules). To conclude, soup kitchens and breadlines provided a support to the citizens whom could not put food on their

Citizens living in Hoovervilles often faced hunger and contracted diseases from the unsanitary conditions. The people only had a few options to get food as most of them were unemployed and homeless. The options were: standing in breadlines, going to the soup kitchens or, as a last result, going through the trash cans. For most, Hoover was to blame for everything happening around them. Seeing his people going through one of the darkest times in history, he still had the the thought that self help was the only way that people were going to get through it. His name then began being used to compare his lack of help to the poor conditions his people were going through. As a result, living during the great depression caused difficult everyday tasks and made a negative impact on the people's