What is being trace?
the changing dynamics of the American population and its ?impact on
What is being impacted?
class, family life, urbanization, and basic values.
What is a possible thesis statement?
Beginning in 1877 the population shifted from the country side to urban centers and their suburbs. In this process, the population has become more racially, ethnically, and culturally more diverse
What are some possible topical paragraphs?
1. Social Classes
2. Family Life
3. Urbanization
4. Basic Values
What are some possible topical paragraphs?
1. Social Classes
1) Independent farmers and artisans to labor, ?middle, and upper class
2) Concentration of wealth
2. Family Life
1) Shift from working families to working parents ?and young unmarried individuals
2) The status of women in marriage shifted from ?property to companion
3) The growing middle class had fewer children
3. Urbanization
1) Diverse racial and ethnic populations that ?attempt to maintain their cultural identity
2) Growth of political corruption and crime
3) Centers of consumption and entertainment
4) White middle-class moves to the suburbs after ?World War II
4. Basic Values
1) Shift from rugged individualism to collective ?efforts
2) Shift from working to maintain personal ?independence to working to be a consumer