When in a small town during the Great Depression, there isn’t much to do. A person does not live a pleasurable life, he goes through a daily daze. The Jim Crow laws make life very hard for African Americans, especially in Maycomb, Alabama. The Jim Crow laws restricted them and whites treated them poorly. This affected everyone, informed them, and shows how people defined what happened. The Depression affected everyone, not only a few people. It started in America, but it spread through the whole world. The Jim Crow laws are defined as laws that enforce racial segregation. The Depression and Jim Crow laws together were worse than just the Depression alone. It meant violence toward blacks and social order.
The Depression and Jim Crow laws affected the world of Maycomb, Alabama, by having less education and jobs for people, being financially challenged. It made some people angry, making it hard for blacks because whites took anger out on them. There was hardly any food to go around and people were getting into more debt. There was violence and it seemed there wasn’t a purpose in life. In the south, whites could get slaves easily, even when they were poor themselves, but whites were considered superior to blacks. In Maycomb, people seem tired, there was no rush to get anywhere and most …show more content…
There was suffering for everyone. Blacks had it bad and it got worse, most were in the “slave market” and there were many slogans in the south like, “No Jobs for Blacks Until Every White Man Has a Job.” There was little aid from the government, the small amount there was, it did not really apply to blacks. The social hierarchy was very distinct during the Depression, most people got moved down a class. Rich to middle class, middle class to poor. There were only really two classes, there were exceptions because richer people had places other than banks to keep
The Depression and Jim Crow laws affected the world of Maycomb, Alabama, by having less education and jobs for people, being financially challenged. It made some people angry, making it hard for blacks because whites took anger out on them. There was hardly any food to go around and people were getting into more debt. There was violence and it seemed there wasn’t a purpose in life. In the south, whites could get slaves easily, even when they were poor themselves, but whites were considered superior to blacks. In Maycomb, people seem tired, there was no rush to get anywhere and most …show more content…
There was suffering for everyone. Blacks had it bad and it got worse, most were in the “slave market” and there were many slogans in the south like, “No Jobs for Blacks Until Every White Man Has a Job.” There was little aid from the government, the small amount there was, it did not really apply to blacks. The social hierarchy was very distinct during the Depression, most people got moved down a class. Rich to middle class, middle class to poor. There were only really two classes, there were exceptions because richer people had places other than banks to keep