BackStory audio [53:22] in which the American History Guys explore the topic of the Middle Class in American History looking at what it means, who is in it, and how middle-class lives and values have changed over time.

This lesson will differentiate between the classes in US society. Specifically addressing the three primary classes; upper class, middle class, and lower class. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "US Classes."

You probably know some of the signs of industrialization in the nineteenth century: Trains connected cities, symbolizing progress. But they also brought about the destruction of rural lands, divisions between social classes, and rapid...

Listen to an interview (28:45 min.) with an historian and a WW II veteran about the GI Bill and its benefits to those thousands of soldiers returning from World War II.

This lesson will differentiate between the classes in US society. Specifically addressing the three primary classes; upper class, middle class, and lower class. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "US Classes."