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Harper Lee Born in Monroeville,Alabama
grew up in rual alabama -
Historical background (income)
average family income dropped 50% by 1935 -
Attack on americans
Japan bombed Pearl harbor -
News
White women accused a black man for raping her an her father covered the story -
Historical background
In deep south slavery was abolished but southerners very much still beilieved in white "supermacy" -
Great depression
the stock market crashed -
Trends
The Swing Era -
Historical Background (population)
Over 60% of the population at the time was considered poor -
the rise
since they bombed pearl harbor there was new jobs for eveyone so we came out of depression -
Historical background (women rights)
women had no rights -
Social Inequality
1.Rich
2. White people, Country People
3.White Trah
4.Blacks