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Hoovervilles
Makeshift shanty towns that appeared on the outskirts of American cities during the Great Depression, built from scrap wood, cardboard, and metal by people who had lost their homes to unemployment and eviction. Named mockingly after President Herbert Hoover, whose policies were widely blamed for failing to prevent the Depression, they became powerful symbols of governmental neglect. The largest Hooverville in New York City's Central Park housed hundreds of residents at its peak.
New Deal
A series of programmes, public works projects, financial reforms, and regulations introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1939 in response to the Great Depression. Key agencies included the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), and the Social Security Administration. The New Deal expanded the federal government's role in the economy and established the principle that government bore responsibility for citizens' basic welfare.