Context: Jim Crow in the Gilded Age (1876-1919)
Historical context means understanding how your topic influenced, and was influenced by other people,
events, & ideas. When you think about historical context you have to think about what happened both
before, during and after the main events of your topic.
Social
• Family & kinship
Gender Roles & Relations
• Social & Economic Classes
• Racial & ethnic constructions
• Inequalities
• Life Styles
Political
Political structures & forms of
governance
•Leaders, Elites
• Wars, diplomacy, & treaties
Courts & Laws