Explain the Variety of Ways in Which Americans Made Use

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Essay

Explain the variety of ways in which Americans made use of increased leisure time in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. To what segments of the population did the different forms of leisure appeal?

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Definitions:

Primary School

The first stage of formal education, typically for children from about five to eleven years old.

James Marcia's Identity Statuses

A framework identifying four stages of psychological identity development: achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion.

Active Exploration

The energetic engagement and investigation of the environment or concepts to learn and understand new information or skills.

Moratorium

An identity status that characterizes those who are actively exploring alternatives in an attempt to form an identity.