Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in Maycomb Alabama‚ 1930. The book focuses on a six-year old girl named Scout‚ and her ten-year old brother Jem. The two spend much of their time with their friend‚ Charles Baker Harris (everyone calls him Dill) who comes to visit during the summers. The 3 children spend most of their time sneaking around the house of their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley‚ whose said to be crazy . Early on in the story Atticus Finch‚ father to Jem and Scout‚ agrees to
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into disuse. Many of the workhouses‚ however‚ became Public Assistance Institutions and continued to supply accommodation for the elderly‚ unmarried mothers‚ sick and vagrants. For inmates of these institutions‚ life never really changed during the 1930s and 40s. Apart from the ending of uniforms‚ and indeed more freedom to come and go as they pleased‚ things improved only gradually. More recently‚ the surviving buildings have increasingly been sold off to buyers for redevelopment‚ ironically‚ in some
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an official program for it in the United States. The colonies used the British Poor Laws to help those who couldn’t work. They made a distinction between those who were unemployed and couldn’t work and those who were able bodied but unemployed. In 1930’s‚ during the great depression‚ welfare began to be federally funded. It isn’t an easy process to apply to get welfare‚ however. First you have to make an appointment with a caseworker‚ and get a bunch of documents‚ such as‚ utility bills and proof
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Life in the 1930’s was extremely racist and segregated. Most people either had a special treatment‚ or no treatment at all. Times were extreme in the 1930’s. Life for the wealthy was glamorous and they ignored all the problems that were going on and enjoyed life with there money. The depression didn’t really affect the wealthy men and woman. They were almost making the same amount of income as the were before the economy went down. All the wealthy were still attending expensive dances several nights
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The 1930’s was a really hard time for many people; it was considered the Great Depression. But for radio it was the Golden Age. The radio was a great diversion from the terrible economy. Not only was radio a great source of entertainment‚ but it also provided relief from the depression and connected the home front with the war. There were many different “shows” broadcasted on the radio‚ there was a vast category of genres‚ such as drama (soap operas)‚ action/adventure‚ and comedies. It wasn’t just
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Life in Italy in the 1930’s Life in Italy in the 1930’s caused difficulty to some Italians during that time period. During the 1930’s a large number of Italians who had opposed the fascist rule of Benito Mussolini arrived in the United States. After the news spread in Italy about the bombing of Pearl Harbour almost all Italians supported the war against Benito Mussolini. At this point‚ Italy was slowly becoming under the Nazi rule‚ the significance of a woman’s role in Italy was emphasised as
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rights for all‚ there are many ways that people are segregated in their daily lives. However‚ today’s segregation is nothing compared to the 1930’s America. The laws in the 1930’s made African-Americans feel the weight of segregation in their daily lives and education. America’s laws of the land help to make segregation an acceptable way of life in the 1930’s. This was especially true in the South. The Jim Crow laws were some of the foundational laws to allow segregation.
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whatever their family could provide for them‚ which tended to be a button up shirt and shorts that went up to the waist. The fashion in the 1930s was actually quite interesting‚ the style and the designs
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In the United States over the last decade or so‚ police relations with the communities they serve has gotten worst and worst. With all of the acts of brutality and over use of force by officers‚ this is no surprise. In the article “Here’s The Truth About Race And Policing”‚ by Redditt Hudson‚ valid arguments and statements are made against policing done wrong in America. Hudson goes into great depth on how our criminal justice system has been filled with systematic racism over the years. So what
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segregation‚ there is never a chance to collaborate to create something great. Your skin color or religion should have no effect on how smart you are or believe‚ or on how creative or imaginative you are. Two of the main conflicts that arose in the 1930’s were segregation and racism. People would go to extremes to ensure certain groups of people‚ especially African Americans‚ had no rights. If they were allowed any rights‚ they had certain laws‚ Jim Crow laws‚ that made
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