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Annotated BibliographyTopic: The Great Depression increased anxiety and accentuated important issues such as racism.Thesis Statement: The stock market crash of 1929 and the resulting Great Depression created significant anxiety in people across America and the post-Civil War South; it amplified issues of racism and injustice. Baxter, Roberta. "Harper Lee." Harper Lee (2006): 1-2. Historical reference center. Network. March 21, 2013. This article chronicles the life of Harper Lee, who was inspired to write her only book by the Scottsboro trials that occurred during the grim Great Depression. To Kill A Mockingbird advocated for racial justice at the time of the civil rights movement. Harper won numerous awards for this book, including the Pulitzer Prize. It is one of the most popular books in the world and also one of the most banned books in the United States...