The Piano Lesson Cultural Connection

New Hampshire begins to Abolish Slavery

Jan 1, 1783

Connecticut and Road Island Follow

Jan 1, 1783

Northwest Ordinance passed

Aug 7, 1789

Said that the land would remain free unless the state voted on being a slave state.

Southern Plantations

Jan 1, 1800

From the 17th through the 19th century the southern plantaion style of living was common

harlem renaissance

Jan 1, 1810

Moved north and were able to create their own culture, known for Jazz, Blues, and R&B

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Jan 1, 1854

came in as free state

13th Amendmend Ratified

Dec 6, 1865

Religious Revival

Jan 1, 1871

the northern methodist have 88000 black members

End of Reconstruction

Jan 1, 1873

KKK dissolved

Apr 10, 1896

NAACP

Jan 1, 1910

founded

Beginning of Great Migration

Jan 1, 1916

Silent March

Jul 28, 1917

8,000-10,000 African Americans marched down 5th street in protest

Buchanan v. Warley

Nov 5, 1917

Cotton Club Opens

Jan 1, 1923

The Cotton Club was the most famous Cabaret in Harlem

Unemployment rate 3.2%

Jan 1, 1929

Stock Market Crashes

Oct 29, 1929

Unemployment rate 8.9%

Jan 1, 1930

Unemployment rate 16.3%

May 13, 1931

Banks Colaps

Dec 1, 1931

Unemployment rate 24.1%

Jan 1, 1932

Roosevelt Elected

Nov 8, 1932

Unemployment Rate 24.9%

Jan 1, 1933

Roosevelt inauguration

Mar 4, 1933

Unemployment Rate 21.7%

Jan 1, 1934

End of Great Migration

Jan 1, 1970