Timeline: The Emergence of Mass Society

Apr 16, 1860

Education

Society promoted education for everyone. Literacy, or the ability to read, had the quickest results from public education. people then could read newspapers and magazines that held current events.

Apr 16, 1870

Leisure

Leisure bacme more accessible and popular from the spread of industialization, rights, education, and new family roles.

Apr 16, 1870

The Middle Class

The middle classes were made up of educated lawyers, doctors, scientist, and business men. The lower middle class were made up of small shopkeepers, traders, peasants, and prosperous farmers.

Apr 16, 1880

Class System Percentage

During the new industrial world the working class and the poor made up 80% pf the population, the middle classe made up 15%, while the wealthy elites made up 5%.

Apr 16, 1890

The Working Class

Making up 80% of Europes population, the working class were made up of landholding peasants, farm laborers, sharecroppers, skilled and unskilled laborers, and some artisans

Jan 1, 1900

Women Workers

Women began to fill more jobs. Employers couldnt find enough men to fill the low paying jobs.

Apr 16, 1900

References

"Blackwell Reference Online." Mass Society : The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought :. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631221647_chunk_g978063122164717_ss1-13. "Mass Society." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mass society>. "Ms. Wahl's Social Studies Classroom." : Emergence of Mass Society across the World. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2013. <http://wahlclassroom.blogs

Jan 1, 1914

Migration

People moved from the countryside to urban cities to find jobs. This created a population incline from migration.

Jan 1, 1914

Sanitation

Population inclined from having cleaner environments. Society wanted to improve public health an sanitation, thus people died less and could live closer together.

Jan 1, 1914

Women's Rights

The movement of womens rights spread in the 19th century. Women demanded the right to own property, go to college, and vote. After World War one the American Government gave women the right to vote.

Apr 16, 1920

The Wealthy Elite

The wealthy elites controlled up to 40% of the wealth during the second industrial revolution. The wealthy elites were made up of landed aristocrates, banker industrialists, and merchants.