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1. How well off were you financially before the Great Depression hit?
2. As the Great Depression was going on, how did you have to change the way you lived in order to make it through?
3. Did you loose alot of money in stocks?
4. Were you wages cut?
5. Were you fired?
6. Were you able to recover any of the money that you had kept in the banks or was it all lost?
7. Did you have to move from your house into a "hooverville" at any point?
8. Did you think that there should be assistance from the goverment in bringing the economy back to life?
9. Do you trust the banks now after seeing what can happen?
10. How did life changed for you going from the 1920's to the 1930's?

Simpsons thing

In my opinion this episode of the Simpsons I think the producers did a great job of portraying the 1920s/prohibition in Springfield. I think that even though this show was written as a joke and made to make people laugh, there really is a message about how life was at those times. Even though it was funny it was able to get this message across. I like how it showed how the people felt about prohibition and I think it fit both the reality and the Simpsons format the way they attacked it with sarcasm since everyone thought it was silly. The end proves this when the old man reads that prohibition was repealed quickly after it was put in place.                       

If there was anything I would change about the Simpsons episode it would be the way that they smuggled the alcohol in the speakeasies. They showed cops being paid off by the mafia which is good but then they had them smuggle it in with bowling balls. Even though this is funny I think that it takes away from the actuality that there was alcohol being smuggled.

USS Maine

Spain To Blame For The USS Maine!!!

Yesterday was a tragic day for the U.S. The ship USS Maine and all of its passengers were blown up by the Spaniards. They had made many threats about blowing up ships before and this is obvious evidence that Spain is to blame. Witness say they saw many little Spanish men tampering with the ship before it left the port. Spain needs to be taught a lesson for killing a ship load of our proud fellow Americans!