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PowerPoints from Class

Posted on October 31, 2011 by stonerp

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…

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Notes from class today

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stonerp

  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 […]

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Morning in America

Posted on October 12, 2011 by stonerp

Ronald Reagan's 1984 "Morning in America" Ad   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-IBF8nwSY

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Nixon, Wallace, and the Southern Strategy

Posted on October 5, 2011 by stonerp

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 […]

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Discussion questions on Cobb and Lassiter

Posted on October 2, 2011 by stonerp

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 […]

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