PowerPoints from Class
Here is the link to the website where I've posted the last 3 sets of slides from class. http://webs.wofford.edu/stonerp/ Enjoy…
Archive for October, 2011
Notes from class today
Where we are: in the 1980s Presidential Voting in the South – Republicans dominate. Congressional and Statewide voting in the South Democrats continue to dominate. 1980 saw election of Republican US Senators in NC, GA, FL, AL, joining GOP Senators in SC, TX, VA, TN, NC, and MS Most states still […]
Morning in America
Ronald Reagan's 1984 "Morning in America" Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-IBF8nwSY
Nixon, Wallace, and the Southern Strategy
Questions to consider as we move into the post-civil rights era: Southern distinctiveness versus southern influence on American politics The 1968 presidential election http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1968 How does the 1968 election affect the course of politics? Who does Richard Nixon target? Who does George Wallace target? How does the addition of African-American voters to the […]
Discussion questions on Cobb and Lassiter
Cobb, Too Busy To Hate What is Cobb's argument about the relationship between race and economic development? How do northern industries react to segregation in the south? Examples? How do they react to the various crises around school desegregation? What do southern industrial development leaders come to realize about the relationship between segregation and economic […]