Prepping for Essay 3
"Jewish", immigrant backround.
Jewish people were treated differently throughout the book. People were violent towards them, and treated them like they were nothing.
Immigrants couldn't recieve jobs, were discriminated against, had no money, and were called names based on the way they look, or the accents that they had.
The name came from the Countries to whereever they went to. Thats the name that was given to them, because they had no jobs, and looked fairly different than everyone else.
New York City's public schools were much smaller than all of the others during the 1930's.
Demographic Trough
The name was given during the decade of the 1930's.
This was a response to the economic hardship of the depression.
This meant that families did not have children, the generation that was born during this time was smaller than all of the others.
Meaningful Work
This occured when people actually cared about their work. They tried their hardest to become succesful in what they do, and they rarely give up. Many people put meaning into everything they do, and this helps you become more succesful with your work and jobs.
Meant how much work immigrants put into being successful.