(Champagne & Harpham, 21) Texas seems to be urbanizing more and more. This shift brings about economic growth and diversification which means new roads will have to be built, more construction, and expanded water and sewer systems (window.tx.state.us, Susan Combs, Texas in Focus: A Statewide View of Opportunities) thus creating many more jobs as well. A state that was once majority Anglo’s has become a state of all races, which has also driven the growth in population. Texas is now a state where different ethnicities have a larger number that the Anglo’s. People are coming from all over to work in the oil field particularly.
[5] There was also a rise of leisure time, emergence of an urban middle class, technological advances, and an increase of wages. The twenties saw an increase of consumer spending. Many wages were spent on cars, radios, and household appliances. The economy was booming. Workers were making enough money to have some leisure spending and time, and industries were taking advantage of this by catering to these new audiences.
c. severe cutbacks in the size of the federal government. d. a taxpayer revolt. e. a growing reliance on overseas trade to sustain the American economy. 3. The poor economic performance of the 1970s brought an abrupt end to a. American reliance on Middle Eastern oil.
Part of the urban population growth was fueled by an unprecedented mass immigration to the United States that continued unabated into the first two decades of the twentieth century. The promise that America held for these new immigrants contrasted sharply with the rise of legalized segregation of African-Americans in the South after Reconstruction. Meanwhile, ongoing industrialization and urbanization left their mark on how people spent their daily lives and used their leisure time. The rapid growth of urban areas is the result of two factors: natural increase in population (excess of births over deaths), and migration to urban areas. Natural population growth has been covered in other units, and consequently, here we will concentrate on migration.
This demographic will continually increase due to baby boomers entering their retirement years as well as the number of elderly living past the age of 85. Likewise, the Hispanic elderly population will increase by 12.8 million and is expected to be one of the largest minority groups living older in age (Woodside & McCalm, 2011). This population surge will cause issues for governments and agencies at all levels with implications in policy making, planning and many other areas. This means increased education levels and more elderly citizens who are minorities. On the same token, the income for elderly
The expansion of physical output meant that business men had a larger volume of goods to market. The change which occurred in consumption habits before the depression seems expectable mainly in terms of these four underlying trends. The introduction of a huge number of goods was one reason consumers became more prominent. With the start of everything, it was the led of the automobiles.
Continuties and Changes in Western Europe Between 500-1500 C.E, Western Europe experienced political changes in which there was an increase in urbanization and an expansion of land that all led to an overall reform that helped strengthen the European society. However, through much of the development in Western European political foundations, the religion of Christianity continued to be a driving force of power throughout the empire. As Western Europe continued to grow in population, citizens started to leave the manor system and venture into cities for trade and specialization which led to an increase in urbanization. People in the manor system experienced the leadership of a lord in the setting of a large plot of land that was self-sufficient
But cannons also affected city-states and countries; if one wanted to have successful navy large sums of money would need to be raised causing an increase in taxes and there would be an increase in need for shipwrights. These important innovations and inventions all impacted the world by making traveling and trading by sea safer, faster and more efficient therefore increase the amount of trade witch lead to economic increase. The Columbian Exchanged was the introduction of culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable disease and
The Roaring 20’s The “roaring twenties” also known as the New Era was a decade of growth after World War I that ended in post-war America. During this time America was full of prosperity, growth, and the standard of living rose greatly as more people began living in urban areas. Throughout this decade many changes occurred including new inventions, technology, cultural developments, and the overall transformation of the American-society. The major characteristics of the twenties were interrelated with the development and influences of a greater society and shared a variety of common causes. The development of new inventions and technologies had a huge impact on America during this era as they became crucial in most people’s lives.
For example, the sharp increase that took place after World War Two. Increase of birth rates occurred essentially in Western Countries and around the same time. This resulted in an increase in population size which caused a wave of facilities construction in order to accommodate for the new arrival. During the end of World War two,