1930s America Great Depression

The 1930s in America: The Great Depression

The 1930’s in America ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Franklin Delano Roosevelt is credited as the President who brought the United States out of the Great Depression The 1930’s in America ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Franklin Delano Roosevelt is credited as the President who brought the United States out of the Great Depression

The Roaring 20s ,[object Object],[object Object],The Roaring 20s ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Black Monday ,[object Object],Black Monday It is a common misconception that the stock market crash of October 1929, known as Black Monday, was the cause of the Great Depression. The two events were closely related, but both were the results of deep problems in the modern economy that were building up through the “prosperity decade” of the 1920s.

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To Make Matters Worse ,[object Object],… to make matters worse Beginning in Arkansas in 1930, a severe drought spread across the Great Plains. Once-productive topsoil turned to dust that was carried away by strong winds, piling up in drifts against houses and barns. Parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado became known as the Dust Bowl, as the drought destroyed the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of small farmers. Packing up their families and meager possessions, many of these farmers migrated to California in search of work. DUST BOWL

The Homeless Factor ,[object Object],This famous photo of Florence Owens Thompson and her children was taken by Farm Security Administration photographer Dorothea Lange in Nipomo, California, in March of 1936. The family arrived in the Pajaro Valley later that day, hoping to find work picking lettuce. The Homeless Factor As people lost their jobs and savings, mortgages on many homes and farms were foreclosed. Homeless people built shacks out of old crates and formed shantytowns, which were called “Hoovervilles” out of bitterness toward President Herbert Hoover, who refused to provide government aid to the unemployed. This famous photo of Florence Owens Thompson and her children was taken by Farm Security Administration photographer Dorothea Lange in Nipomo, California, in March of 1936. The family arrived in the Pajaro Valley later that day, hoping to find work picking lettuce.

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Maycomb Monroeville Harper Lee was born and raised in Monroeville, Alabama The place of TKAM ’s setting is the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. This is based largely on where Lee was raised. Harper Lee was born and raised in Monroeville, Alabama The place of TKAM ’s setting is the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. This is based largely on where Lee was raised.

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Social Class in the Novel This is probably similar to how class structure existed during the 1930’s in the South. The wealthy, although fewest in number, were most powerful. The blacks, although great in number, were lowest on the class ladder, and thus, had the least privileges. Examples of each social class: Wealthy - Finches Country Folk - Cunninghams “ White Trash” – Ewells Black Community – Tom Robinson

Living in a World of Discrimination ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A cafe near the tobacco market. (Signs: Separate doors for "White" and for "Colored.“) North Carolina, 1940

Reflecting on What We’ve Read so far… Chapters 1-4 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Reflecting on What We’ve Read so far… Chapters 1-4 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

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