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Setting. TIME. 1930s During the Great Depression Happened as a result of climate change causing “dust bowl” of unusable land Also result of stock market crash in 1929 Caused soaring unemployment Caused poverty because banks did not have the money to allow a sudden total withdrawal
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TIME • 1930s • During the Great Depression • Happened as a result of climate change causing “dust bowl” of unusable land • Also result of stock market crash in 1929 • Caused soaring unemployment • Caused poverty because banks did not have the money to allow a sudden total withdrawal • Caused people like George and Lennie to wander the wilds to find jobs
TIME CONT. • Before Civil Rights movement • Allowed mistreatment of blacks
Place • California • A farm in the middle of nowhere • In the small region of cultivatable land