Changing Attitudes and Values
I. A New Social Order A. Industry created a more complex social order 1. Upper Class a. Super Rich Industrial, New $ b. Old Nobility “Old $”
2. Middle Class a. Mid Level business people and professionals i. Dr’s, scientists, lawyers b. Lower Middle i. Teachers, shopkeepers, office workers
B.Middle Class Values 1. Strict Code of Etiquette 2. Courtship and Marriage is more open 3. Ideal Homes A. Men supported the whole home
C. Women's Rights 1. Suffrage-Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 Women demanded the right to vote 2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Early pioneers for slavery and then for women
D. Public Education 1. Three R’s- Reading, Writing, Arithmetic
2. High schools and Universities expand!