“To Kill A Mockingbird” Americans in the 1930s had a different way of entertainment then the people of today. In the 1930s people didn’t have the technology that the people today have access to. They didn’t have game systems‚ they didn’t have mobile phones‚ or even Netflix. Even though they didn’t have as many sources of entertainment in the 30’s as we do today‚ they still had ways to enjoy themselves. Despite the lack of devices‚ people in the 30’s were still able to have fun by engaging in things
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3.6.5. Southern hybridization Southern blot hybridization analysis was carried out using standard procedures (Sambrook et al. 2001). Approximately 20 µg of total genomic DNA from transgenic plants and untransformed control plant was digested with EcoRI‚ and then separated by electrophoresis on 0.8% agarose gel. Digestion profile was checked with 1µg DNA‚ with single cutter enzymes EcoRI (10U) in T-DNA region. For southern experiment‚ 20µg DNA was digested overnight. Restricted fragments were separated
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the word recession was in the 1930’s. During the 1920’s a stock market crash occurred‚ however‚ many believe that the recession began way before leading up to the crash as a whole. This recession went on through the 1930’s‚ ending around 1939‚ depending on who you ask. It took a significant amount of time to recover‚ and while doing so‚ prepared for another recession in future if it happened. Over the years‚ the economy has good and bad days‚ however‚ the United States have become aware of the housing
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The novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ tells the story of Two kids‚ Scout and Jem‚ who live in Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ in the 1930’s. They are very adventurous and curious. Scout and Jem’s dad‚ Atticus‚ is a lawyer who is given a tough case of defending a black man who was accused of rape. During this time in Maycomb there is a lot of racism going around. This theme appears in the novel when Cecil jacobs announced that Scout’s dad Atticus defends black people and started to make fun of her it
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Slavery on Southern Plantations When we look back on American history there are many things that we are proud of. Americans are worldly known for being proud of their country and are considered to be full of them selves by many. However‚ our hands are not clean. For hundreds of years Americans had made African Americans their personal slaves and forced them to do manual labor and be servants. Even after the emancipation proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln‚ African Americans were persecuted
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allowed widespread lynchings while hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor of its women." (61) The charge of rape was used in many cases to lynch innocent African-American men. The victim ’s innocence was often proved after his death. Wells states that the raping of white women by negro men is an outright lie. Wells supports her statements with several stories about mutual relationships between white women and black men. White men are free to have relationships with colored women‚ but colored
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the south because of its ability to grow in the Chesapeake soil. The intense physical labor required of southern famers led to the popularization of indentured servitude as a cheap supply of labor. The desire to invest in cheap labor inhibited any mature forms of settlement‚ instead farmers‚ even the wealthy‚ usually slept in primitive housing consisting of tents and shanties
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In the fifth chapter‚ this thesis will assess the abolitionist effort to denounce the legitimacy of using the Bible to sanction southern slavery by arguing that biblical slavery was not based upon the inferiority of one race whereas southern slavery was based upon the inferiority of one race. In short‚ these abolitionists sought to highlight that southerners were using a book which sanctioned a system of slavery that was not based upon the inferiority of one race to sanction a system of slavery that
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have the student give up their seat to the new student‚ and implement some sort of disciplinary action. There would be no tolerance for any type of racism in the school. In addition‚ this response would be witnessed by the other students‚ setting an example of what is acceptable and what is not. The next step would be to address the issue of racism and the need to create a more diversified community with the principal. The teacher should propose bringing the school community together by raising
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" takes place in the 1930’s‚ in a small Alabama town called Maycomb. The story is narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise Finch (known as Scout). Scout lives with her father and her brother Jeremy Finch (known as Jem). Scout is having to grow up with the same racism that effects her father’s‚ Atticus Finch‚ lawsuit. The reason for the despicable attitude towards the Finchs’ is that Atticus defended Tom Robinson‚ a black person. Tom was charged with raping a poor white girl
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