The document provides background information on the Great Depression and events in the 1930s that influenced Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It discusses the economic boom of the 1920s, the 1929 stock market crash, President Hoover's failure to address the growing crisis, the impact of the Dust Bowl on farmers in the South, and improved economic conditions under President Roosevelt and the New Deal. It also summarizes the Jim Crow laws, Scottsboro Boys trials, and Harper Lee's life and the inspiration for To Kill a Mockingbird.

2. The Great Depression

11. Many waited in unemployment lines hoping for a job.

12. People in cities would wait in line for bread to bring to their family.

13. Some families were forced to relocate because they had no money.

15. Hooverville

16. Out of the Dust: The South and the Dust Bowl

17. A drought in the South lead to dust storms that destroyed crops. “ The Dust Bowl”

20. Two Families During the Depression

21. A Farm Foreclosure

22. Some families tried to make money by selling useful crafts like baskets.

25. To Kill a Mockingbird

31. The trials caused a huge uproar amongst the black community.

32. Harper Lee

38. The End