It would be the second option
Scientific theories said that dark-skinned people were less intelligent than white people and misguided theories justified the passage of laws that kept African Americans from voting.
They believed in a system that rewarded hard work with wealth.
The motto of United States is that it is a country of opportunities where everyone can prosper if they work hard and if they are smart enough, not that it is a country where you have no progress and you stagnate. This was deeply embedded in the mindset of the Americans who firmly believed that with hard work you can progress and get promotions, and run your own business, and get wealthy because they have deserved it, so Marxism came as a very repulsive ideology that was rejected immediately.
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The system of feudalism that evolved in western europe ultimately led to the emergence of the Hundred Year Wars. It was<span> a series of religious </span>wars<span> fought for control of Jerusalem. During the Crusades, many </span>feudal<span> lords died, so kings reclaimed their land and regained power.</span>