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It is independence from Great Britain.
It was "The Great Compromise" that the Framers made at the beginning of the Philadelphia convention, which established two houses in the legislature: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
At the time, America was in The Great Depression, and most women were unemployed(around 10 million). They received lower pay if they worked, and were often expected to stay at home.
Steinbeck switches to the second person in 'Why Soldier's Won't Talk' when he catalogs the responses of the soldier's he talked to about the effects of combat to make the experience more real, personal and authentic to the reader. He does this in the 'Grapes of Wrath' as well.
