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- A horrible day for the united states was Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed. Black Tuesday is known as the start of the great depression because after it crashed businesses started to go under and banks as well. WWII is when the depression ended because it was the first sign of employment rates going up by 10%. Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated in 1933. He is changes in the government was that he required minimum wages and price standards were enforced also he made organizations for the citizens. Roosevelt came up with a plan called the new deal it made jobs for people and he believed it would stimulate the economy.
The dust bowl was happening in the Midwest and farmers started it by neglecting the land by clearing too much land and destroying the soil by planting the same crop over and over. Eventually there were storms where the wind whipped up dust which evolved into dust storms. Some effects of the dust bowl were it did not rain for a long time dirt would pile up against the house and all the crops would be ripped up from their roots by the wind. The Dust Bowl was horrible on the crops you simply could grow almost nothing. Most families had to go hungry and some would starve. If you were a farmer you would have a very hard time growing anything. You would need to move out of the dust bowl if you wanted to be successful. Their employees would go hungry as well. I think the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird would be out west and a small family trying to make ends meet but having a hard time. The house would be a small house made out of mud and sticks or what they could find. The characters will be wearing ragged clothing with bandanas around there face to keep from breathing the dirt into their lungs. The characters will play with each other and try to be nice but some will not act the same. Scout's classmates will be nice to her because they know her dad could sue them and they already do not have a lot of money.