Built during the great depression, hoovervilles were soup kitchens where people could get free meals. places people could go to find temporary work. emergency shelters to keep people safe during dust bowls. shantytowns of temporary homes for homeless people.

The correct answer is - shanty towns of temporary homes for homeless people.

The ''Hoovervilles'' were shanty towns that were made for the homeless people, in order to provide them with a temporary shelter. This was a result of the Great Depression, when lots of people came to become poor because they were left without a job, or their incomes were very low. The ''Hovervilles'' were named after the American president during whose reign they were built, President Hoover, who was also the one blamed for the Great Depression at the first place.

disease was the number one killer of native peoples. they had had little exposure to the diseases of europe. this led to some villages being almost completely wiped out and some tribes destroyed.