In order for corporations to make money, they produced things related to the rising popular culture. [3] The rise of this new culture was due to an increase of cities, rise of a consumer society, and the change in morals and behavior. [4] During the twenties, more than half of the population lived in cities. New social classifications were created: laborers and managers, blue collar and white. [5] There was also a rise of leisure time, emergence of an urban middle class, technological advances, and an increase of wages.
From the time period of 1870 to 1900 the growth of big businesses in the United States had a major impact on the economy, politics, and the response of Americans of Americans to these changes. These businesses grew significantly in number, size, and influence and had an ever-lasting effect on Americans and their surrounding community. Industry and its new technologies have had an amazing impact on reducing the costs of the goods necessary to life, such as food prices, fuel and lighting prices, and the cost of living (Document A). The standard of living of most Americans should have increased, as more wages would be left over to spend on luxuries. Aware of the extra-money available to working families, the different pieces of a Big Business have acted in such a way to suck that extra-money from the poor families.
Although the making of new transportation was dangerous and killed many workers, the ways the developments in transportation brought economic and social changes in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860 was because of the new railroads, the new types of transportation, and the way it helped make more income. The first reason why the developments in transportation brought social changes was because of the railroads. With new railroads people were now able to move all around the United States. Now that people were settling in new places it allowed the growth of cities. With all these growing cites, it really changed the way people lived.
She saw social differentiation as a block that society needed to get over, infuriately she herself was a victim. Addams hull house was also studied by male scientists of the Chicago school, they were detached from the women feeling that they were dirty and shrew.
But first she must face her past. Melanie must physically travel to Alabama to finalise a divorce from Jake. Her stay in town will trigger an inner journey as to the reason why she left. Just like Gwen, she wanted to escape the hard life of a small struggling country town. The music, in the background “bright lights, big city” is ironic as Melanie insults her old friends at the small-town pub by asking, “how do you people live like this?”.
Since its declared independence in the late 1700s, the United States has become one of the most industrialized nations in the world. This was caused by major changes that occurred in society between 1890 and 1920. Social changes included the spike in gangs and tenements, along with changes in the role of African Americans Political reform also took place as a result of social change. Along with social and political change came economic change, which took the shape of legislation such as the Anti Trust laws, which increased exports in the United States between 1870 and 1920. Industrialization also caused an increase in urbanization.
The massive number of European immigrants that entered into America’s east coast from the late 1800’s and on forever influenced the growth and development of the country. Fleeing crop failure, famine, rising taxes, and land/job shortages, many immigrants journeyed to the United States because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. With hope for a brighter future, nearly 27 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1880 and 1920. The majority of the immigrants entered through Ellis Island, leading it to become the gateway to America and become recognized as a national symbol. Many of the immigrants, not knowing the way America worked, didn’t stray too far from the East Coast and moved into areas filled with people of similar languages, traditions, and beliefs.
Her young sister feels jealous and left out when she watches Phoebe get all the attention from both parents. Phoebe is soon taken out of the play by the principal due to her behavior in class; that makes her even more depressed. But with the help of her mom and drama teacher, she is put back into the play. Her odd behavior still continues and she cannot understand why it happens. After she jumps off the catwalk and hurts herself, Miss Dodger is fired.
The majority of people in Europe lived in rural areas before the revolution and after the majority of people lived in urban areas. The growth of industry caused people to move to cities in order to work in the factories and find other work. Some cities in Europe expanded as much as 40 percent in a single decade (Document 9). Cities soon became overcrowded. In a picture from Document 8 people in poverty are shown being crowded together in a dark ally.
Urbanisation occurred due to better agricultural machinery, producing more food in rural areas, this accounted for a thriving population, however employment opportunities outnumbered population forcing people to migrate from rural areas to urban cities seeking employment from industrial factories (Jenkins 2002). Between 1811 and 1861 population in England and Wales doubled from over 10 million to 20 million people, (see table below). Population of the United Kingdom England & Wales 1811 10,164,256 1821 12,000,236 1831 13,896,797 1841 15,914,148 1851 17,927,609 1861 20,066,224 1871 22,712,266 1881 25,974,439 1891 29,002,525 1901 32,527,843 1911 36,070,492 Taken from Wood, A (1995) Nineteenth Century Britain 1815 - 1914. Longman Press Lack of public transport meant factory workers were accommodated near work. Dwellings that housed workers were subdivided to accommodate many people which meant families were forced to share one room, poorly built tenements housed the poorest, these had no sewers, running water or sanitation and were damp and dirty.