What are some historical references in To Kill A Mockingbird, and how do they affect Scout, Jem, Atticus, Boo Radley, and Calpurnia? Please help me,...

very much captures the flavor of the Depression era of the 1930s.
All of American culture was reeling from the shock of economic collapse. Suddenly most people
had far less money than they used to, often through bank failures and job loss. That sense of
money being tight permeates the book. We do know that while financially solvent,is not exactly
swimming in wealth. This lack of resources impacts Dill, , and , as they have to make their own
experience, and so become interested in and Scout and Jem are excited by things like getting a
stick of gum from him:

There was no hurry, for there was
nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries
of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County
had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.

The tight economics make life tougher on everyone: under these
circumstances, people are less...