dying‚ and then blowing away with wind. Due to the improper farming‚ along with a long drought‚ dust storms made life in the Dust Bowl very burdensome. During the 1930’s‚ the Great Plains was plagued with a drought‚ a long period of dryness‚ which brought demise to many of the farmers in the region. This horrible drought started in 1930‚ a year that saw heavy rains in a very short time‚ which cause flooding in many areas of the Oklahoma Panhandle. The year continued to with horrible blizzards in the
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their way across country. Crime has been no stranger to American history‚ from the very beginning there has been thieves‚ smugglers‚ and murderers‚ but rarely had they captivated the attention and sentiment of the public the way they did during the 1930s. Anyone living during the Great Depression had heard of gangsters like Bonnie and Clyde‚ Baby Face Nelson‚ John Dillinger‚ and many more‚ but even though they were known criminals the public was able to sympathize and identify with them. During the
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee presents the issue of discrimination‚ a common occurrence in the 1930s. During this time period there were two events that carved society; the Great Depression and the introduction of Jim Crow Law. This resulted in gender and racial discrimination and extreme poverty. During this time period many people were under extreme pressure just to keep alive. Scout‚ daughter of Atticus Finch spends much of her time with her older brother Jem and is constantly
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period may effect our choices. For example natural disasters‚ economy‚ or income are all factors that could affect your choices. I believe throughout history the happenings and beliefs of that time period have always effected our choices. In the 1930‘s natural disasters where a huge factor with the dust bowl. The Midwest and parts of the south experienced severe drought (Hurt). In par three of “Dust Bowl” Douglas Hurt says “For many farmers who were already suffering the effects of the great depression
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crowding into neighborhoods already packed with people‚ competing for the fast-dwindling number of jobs. Black businesses failed‚ crushing the entrepreneurial spirit that had been an essential element of the Negro Renaissance until then. In the mid-1930s‚ as the Great Depression stubbornly refused to lift‚ jazz came as close as it has ever come to being America’s popular music. It had a new name now‚ Swing‚ and its impact was revolutionary. Swing‚ which had grown up in the dancehalls of Harlem‚ would
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Women of the 1930’s went through many social struggles‚ expectations‚ and hardships. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird displays an accurate depiction of how women were treated and expected to act. The decline in jobs and money in the Great Depression did not get rid of the traditional gender roles that have been long forgotten in modern time. Unattainable standards were handed to women‚ such as being expected to act like ‘proper ladies’ in a society run by men. Being a women in this time meant enduring
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Curley’s wife is just a young woman seeking attention‚ feeling the only way she can receive it is if she throws herself at the men around the ranch. In all honesty‚ Curley should give her more attention than she could ever wish for‚ however‚ in the 1930s things were a lot different to how they are now for women. Curley’s wife gives off the impression that she is a floozy and an extremely flirtatious woman throughout the whole novel. For example‚ when she leans her body against the pole “So her body
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spirit to the core. Despite the recent economic recession experienced by much of our nation‚ our country’s current situation is nowhere near the magnitude of the Great Depression. The desperation and misery felt by the country during the 1920s and 1930s is nearly impossible to grasp by today’s society‚ yet when looking at photographs such as “Migrant Mother” we are given a glimpse of the hardships that plagued the nation. The hopeless‚ weathered gaze of the woman in “Migrant Mother” served as a representation
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industries‚ and these jobs tended to continue during the 1930s (Women‚ Impact of the Great Depression on). Clerical workers‚ teachers‚ nurses‚ telephone operators‚ and domestics largely found work (Women‚ Impact of the Great Depression on). Farmer suffered throw the 20s even before the great depression hit‚ During the 1930 the prices dropped even more to 8 to 10 cent which put farmer in debt (Depression Hits Farms and Cities in the 1930s). Some farmer started forming mob and labor Unions trying
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Everyone was affected by this natural disaster. Because it was the start of the great depression and they couldn’t have prevented it. For eight years dust blew across the southern plains nonstop in the 1930s. Everyone was deeply affected. Modern American Poetry explains‚ “ The Dust Bowl of the 1930s lasted about a decade. Its primary area of impact was on the southern Plains” (Modern American Poetry). Even the simplest acts of life were almost impossible. Breathing‚ eating‚ taking a walk‚ were no
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