Classes

1.) Compare and contrast the quality of life of the working class and the middle class between 1945 and 2000.
*The working class during 1945 to 2000 has decreased
*Industrial workers shrank over the years
*the war increased the service sector
*once 1945 hit the rate of skilled workers increased as did industry again
*the middle class has an upper middle class(managers and professional workers) and the lower middle class(white collar and clerical worker). The lower middle class relates more to the working class quality of life
*science and technology has increased the middle class and more so in the low middle class (white collar workers)
2.) Compare and contrast avenues for social mobility in 1945 compared to 2000.
*more opportunity back in 1945 since the demand for workers was so high due to war. The ability to rise up in social standings was possible. Today education and the high price of it seems to hinder that mobility. It's more about the money and the people you know now than back then which seemed to base it more on talent. Granted throughout time determination has allowed for social mobility but hindering factors are ever present in 2000.