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Year written?
1947
Colonisation and change
French 1718, United States 1803
Period when Blanche and Stella grew up - name?
Antebellum Era
Economy spearheaded by slave plantations
New Orleans was a trading port, inc. bananas and coffee
American Civil War
1861 - 1865, South vs North, Abolition of slavery
Technical Abolition of slavery
1863, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
Post-civil war
Reconstruction, freed slaves given Citizenship and some civil rights - but Jim Crow laws still in place which caused racial segragation
Economy boom!
1920s
Wall Street Crash
1929
Great Depression
1930s, ¼ of men were unemployed in America
American Dream
People fled Europe during the 20th century for this promise — New Orleans became a cultural hub
Causes of the Deep South’s poverty and loss of grandeur
Civil War (1861-1865), Great Depression, WWII
Challenging racial segregation
Civil Rights movement, post WWII
Jim Crow Laws
Still in place in 1947