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John Steinback John Steinbeck lived through many exciting times in history. He over came many different types of struggles in his own life. John Steinbeck, a man who had some what of a depressing life, lived through a depressing time in history, and wrote books mainly about depressing and tragic stories. John Steinbeck lived through an action packed time in history. Steinbeck lived through World War I (1919-1919), which changed America, and its set ways about men and women’s role is society. A year after World War I ended, the proabition started. This became an odd time in American’s history. The proabition law actually made people drink more, because people know they were forbidden from drinking. The proabition law lasted for ten years (1920-1930). A year before the proabition ended, the stock market crashed in 1929. This day became known as “Black Tuesday”. The stock market crash sent America into the Great Depression (1929-1941). This was the time when Americans did not trust banks, and were barely feeding their families. Three years after Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in 1936. World War II begun in 1939. This war lasted for five years. World War II was fought against Italy, Japan, and Germany, that caused many Americans to hate Japanese people living in America. Most of the Japanese people steinbeck, steinbecks, john, years, new, life, became, time, people, war, started, home, family, career, after, york, year, world, worked, parini, out, one, mother, gwendolyn, first, during, college, carol, book, away, writing, wife, while, son, olive, marriage