Designing for the Life Span Segment 2

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Conclusions Related to Cultural, Sociological and Economic Changes:

In 1900, America was an agrarian nation with 85% of the population living on subsistence level family farms;
At the onset of the 20th century, Americans were expected to continue in the roles of their fathers and mothers... producing enough offspring to tend the family farm;
World War I made significant sociological and economic changes in America with shifts in the economy toward industrialization and immigration from outside the country and within the national borders from farm to industry and urban settings;
World War I also produced a new phenomenon, the disabled veteran, who survived his wounds and returned to American society and other the societies of other nations in large numbers;
World War II increases the rise of American industrial manufacturing and by 1960, 60% of all Americans working are employed in manufacturing;
Cultural, social and economic change in America increased in speed throughout the 20th century and by 1980, 60% of employment was in the service sector of the economy;
The 21st century is projected to be at least as volatile as the 20th in terms of both national and world-wide change.