MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Labor History Of The United States, Jim Crow Laws, Class Conflict
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2 white guys playing 2 uneducated foolish black guys. An example of how stereotypes of black people existed in popular culture. Audience: middle class white people didn"t feel there was anything wrong. Our historical context provides a very different view on the amos and andy show. Segregation laws post civil war and remained in place until 1960"s. African americans were relegated to the position of second class citizens and in many ways still are. Many white people believed that black people were inferior. Views and membership of society of changes (more rationally diverse) Development of trade relations occurred as a product of the industrial revolution (shift in europe, then north america from agriculture based economy to an industrial factory based economy) Union movement as a result of the industrial revolution. Russian revolution (ended the russian monarchy and instituted a communist government)