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 the fourth one.

Hoovervilles were shantytowns which appeared during the great depression for unemployed people who were evicted from their homes.

The term "Hooverville" comes from the president in turn during this economic crisis Herbert Hoover, who was therefore widely blamed for it.

as the depression worsened, hundreds of thousands of people settled in hoovervilles, mainly at the skirts of big cities during the decade from 1930 to 1940

In 1932 president Hoover lost the election to Frankling Roosevelt whose new administration helped lift US out of the great depression. Hoovervilles were eventually torn down in the early 1940´s

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

north east because it has more forest