... election with the biggest victory ever recorded in an American presidential election up until that time. By 1932 the American economy was in a terrible state and the effects were widespread. In America unemployment rose rapidly, by 1933 nearly 14 million people were unemployed. Business fell in demand and had to lay ... in the cities called 'Hoovervilles' named after Herbert Hoover. Companies were in debt and went bankrupt due to the depression. The depression in America had a huge effect, mainly on farmers. Farmers found they could not sell their produce because of the unemployment...

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... Monroeville was Harper Lee's hometown and this gave her reasons to know the society as deeply as she does. The people of Monroeville and other places in the South America recognised themselves and the part that they played in the society in the book; this illustrates the connection between the society in the 1930 and the fictional narrative. Having ... in the mid-1930s. At this time, Franklin D Roosevelt was the President he offered people a New Deal' and told them there was nothing to fear but themselves'. This gave America, especially in the South, hope and optimism, as this was a ti...

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... ;, a violation of privacy rights carried out by the FBI, which involved wiretapping, the opening of mail, and other acts of domestic spying justified by the threat of communist infiltration into America. (pg. 168) Truman expanded the authority of the president as commander in chief, building on the precedent of Franklin Roosevelt. (pg. 167) Roosevelt gave himself "legal cover" (pg ... sent in January 1965. In 1965 the U.S. invaded the Dominican Republic in order to install a pro American military dictatorship. The powers of the presidency acquired during the Vietnam War haunt America to ...

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