Which of the following best describes Hoovervilles? a. Hoovervilles were communities made up of makeshift shelters which demonstrated the poverty caused by the Great Depression. b. Hoovervilles were communities made up of new large homes where many of America’s upper class lived. These communities showed how the economic situation of the Great Depression effected so many differently. c. Hoovervilles were factory districts in cities throughout the United States that were beginning to build new buildings as a means of production to help reduce the effects of the Great Depression. d. Hoovervilles were gatherings of politicians in various cities in the United States. During these gatherings politicians discussed different ideas on how to help the economy recover during the Great Depression.

The Great Depression was an important economic crisis in the U.S. that began in 1929, this affected different aspects of American society including housing. Indeed during this period there was more poverty and many people decided to build makeshift shelters to live as they did not have job and were homeless and indeed communities or zones in which there were multiple makeshift shelters were created and these were called Hoovervilles, mainly because the president in office was Herbert Hoover and he was widely blamed for the crisis. Therefore, the statement that describes Hoovervilles is "Hoovervilles were communities made up of makeshift shelters which demonstrated the poverty caused by the Great Depression".