Most historians agree that American values regarding the elderly underwent a transformation. Describe the transformation and present three possible explanations
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Possible answer: Attitudes toward the elderly became less respectful. Their status declined. Possible explanations: industrialization made their knowledge and skills obsolete; revolutionary ideas may have encouraged rejection of traditional sources of status, such as age; family roles changed, and old age became a time when Americans were not responsible for children or grandchildren.
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