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George map. Lennie map. Louis-owens_the-best-laid-plans-of-mice-and-men. Women in the 1930s and curleys wife. Definition of Tragic Hero-1. 69984-unit-a663-student-powerpoint. Lennie map. Curley map. Lennie map 2. Curley's wife unfinished maps. Curley's wife 2. George map. George map 2. Crooks map. Crooks map 2. Candy map. Slim map. Slim map 2. Carlson map. Of mice and men as a microcosm. Notes and hist context. Note making carousel tasks. Historical politcal background (intro)[1] Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl, also known as the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the US and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind erosion (the Aeolian processes) caused the phenomenon.[1] Extensive deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains during the previous decade had displaced the native, deep-rooted grasses that normally trapped soil and moisture even during periods of drought and high winds.

Dust Bowl

Rapid mechanization of farm implements, especially small gasoline tractors and widespread use of the combine harvester, significantly impacted decisions to convert arid grassland (much of which received no more than 10 inches (250 mm) of precipitation per year) to cultivated cropland. The Dust Bowl forced tens of thousands of families to abandon their farms. Causes Settlement was encouraged by the Homestead Act of 1862.

Geographic characteristics. Dust Bowl Migrants - The Social Cost of the Depression. John Steinbeck: A Group Mini-Research Project. Great Depression. 1.

Great Depression

Herbert Hoover was president when the Great Depression began. He declared in March 1930, that the U.S. had “passed the worst” and argued that the economy would sort itself out. The worst, however, had just begun and would last until the outbreak of World War II in 1939.2. The causes of the Great Depression are widely debated. There was no single cause, but several things when working together made it happen. 6. 7. Steinbeck's Letter.

Great Depression Facts. GCSE Bitesize: The Depression. Racial inequality in the USA between 1929 and 1945. Prejudice During the Great Dression - The Great Depression Period 7. Prejudice and segregation was a big part in the great depression during the 1930’s.

Prejudice During the Great Dression - The Great Depression Period 7

The problems of the great depression clearly affected every one in the U.S at that time but prejudice definitely made it much harder for the African-American race. Whites were always preferred to blacks and were always treated better, this made it very difficult for Negroes to survive during this time. Black people were usually not accepted into jobs just because of the color of their skin and when they were accepted, they were paid much less and treated much worse. Many more African-Americans were living under extreme poverty during the great depression but still not many received help from public service organizations, instead they were helping the white people even though they did not need it as much. Character Summaries. Steinbeck, John - Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - Audiobook Unabridged. GCSE Bitesize - Of Mice and Men. Of mice and men revision. Of_Mice_and_Men_2010_-_Resources_11_-_20. OfMiceandMenFactsheet.

LITERATURE - OF MICE AND MEN - Ms Cox's English Department 2. Examples of the themes loneliness and dreams.