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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
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The Dewey decimal system was invented by Melvil Dewey.
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The stock market crashed after stocks were atempted to be sold faster than people would buy them.
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There is a lot of discrimination towards African Americans (Aunt Alexandra doesn't want Calpurnia to stay)
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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.
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President Herbert Hoover asks Congress for $150 million in order to increase empolyment and economic activity.
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6,024 Mexican Americans are deported in this month alone because of people complained that they were stealing the jobs of "real" Americans
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The book starts with the first summer they meet Dill after he had seen Dracula in theaters (1931).
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This was the first year Scout went to school.
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Congress established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to lend $2 billion to banks, insurance companies, building and loan associations, and farming organizations
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Start of one of the worst years of the Great Depression unemployment rises to 23.6%
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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.
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It was winter when her house burnt because it had snowed for once.
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All of the family gets together every year at Finch's Landing for Christmas, and Scout has to deal with Francis and Aunt Alexandra.
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U.S. comes off of the gold standard policy.
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Banks start to fail and continue to. More than 11,000 of the nation’s 25,000 banks had closed
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The Tom Robinson case (defended by Atticus) is one of many in the country.
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Maycomb had recently been told it has "nothing to fear but fear itself" by Roosevelt in his first Inaugural Address.
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Roosevelt asks Congress for $10,500,000,000 to advance recovery program.
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Sweden is the first country to recover from the Gret Depression.
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FDR was elected to a second term as president
