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Maycomb founded
Battle of Horseshoe Bend, General Andrew Jackson ran the Creeks up the creek of Alabama abd then traveled down the river to where Maycomb was supposedly founded -
Dewey decimal system
The Dewey decimal system was invented by Melvil Dewey. -
Great Depression started
The stock market crashed after stocks were atempted to be sold faster than people would buy them. -
Discrimination
There is a lot of discrimination towards African Americans (Aunt Alexandra doesn't want Calpurnia to stay) -
Apple sellers
More than 6,000 apple sellers crowded the streets and corners Manhattan. The apple sellers were unemployed and they sold the apples for five cents apiece. -
$150 million asked for
President Herbert Hoover asks Congress for $150 million in order to increase empolyment and economic activity. -
Mexican Americans
6,024 Mexican Americans are deported in this month alone because of people complained that they were stealing the jobs of "real" Americans -
Meeting Dill
The book starts with the first summer they meet Dill after he had seen Dracula in theaters (1931). -
Going to School
This was the first year Scout went to school. -
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend $2 billion to banks, insurance companies, building and loan associations, and farming organizations -
Unemployment Rate
Start of one of the worst years of the Great Depression unemployment rises to 23.6% -
The nothole first sighting
A big moment for Scout and Jem they were excited to find little trinckets in there, and this happened near the end of the first year of school. -
Miss Maudie's House burnt down
It was winter when her house burnt because it had snowed for once. -
Chrismas at Finch's Landing
All of the family gets together every year at Finch's Landing for Christmas, and Scout has to deal with Francis and Aunt Alexandra. -
U.S. off gold standard
U.S. comes off of the gold standard policy. -
Banks are failing
Banks start to fail and continue to. More than 11,000 of the nation’s 25,000 banks had closed -
Many trials
The Tom Robinson case (defended by Atticus) is one of many in the country. -
Maycomb has nothing to fear
Maycomb had recently been told it has "nothing to fear but fear itself" by Roosevelt in his first Inaugural Address. -
$10,500,000,000 is asked for
Roosevelt asks Congress for $10,500,000,000 to advance recovery program. -
Sweden recovers from the Great Depression
Sweden is the first country to recover from the Gret Depression. -
FDR's second term
FDR was elected to a second term as president
