Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression. Sports provided a distraction from the Depression. Also new forms of expression flourished in the culture of despair. The Great Depression brought a rapid rise in the crime rate as many unemployed workers resorted to petty theft to put food on the table.
The different cultures were established in Asia and carried into the Americas. B. Constant warfare among the different Native American groups led to cultural differences.
In 1776, he was part of the five-member committee that helped draft the Declaration of Independence<span>, in which the 13 </span>American<span>colonies declared their freedom from British rule. That same year, Congress sent </span>Franklin<span> to France to enlist that nation's help with the </span>Revolutionary War<span>.</span>
It was very important for controlling the Mississippi River because it had easier trade since it led off to the gulf of Mexico which was an excellent trading spot, and well the north needed it to make trade easier to obtain