History of the United States I / Unit 9 USH1 1246 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Middle-Class Values
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The idea
The middle class prized cleanliness, discipline, morality, hard work, education and good manners above all.
In practice
A settled conviction that hard work and education enabled them to rise in life.
Where people slip
Each of these is observable by neighbours, which is what makes them useful as markers of class position.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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