1920s And 1930s Essay
The 1920s and 1930s were interesting decades in the United States. WWI had just ended and the society was in the process of changing its eras and beginning a new chapter in its history. The 1920s in the United States is referred to as the Roaring Twenties. The reason for this is because of the "roaring" prosperity during this time period. The businesses and culture were booming in this era. The 1930s in the United States is referred to as the Great Depression. The reason it is called this is because of the economic hardship that the United States faced as a whole nation because of the fact that the stock market had crashed. Even though these decades are completely different realms of the spectrum they impacted the United States. One aspect
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Before this, colleges were known as places that only the wealthy attended. "As late as 1913 fewer than one in twenty young persons attended college, an even the most prestigious universities were scrambling to fill their classes, drawing students almost exclusively from their regions" (Levine 16-17). This helps explain why Marshall was a 2 year teacher college instead of a four year college. There was enough people in the area that wanted to attend college to create it into an institution that was meant for everyone to attend. The general public didn’t start participating in higher education until scientists, scholars, and institutional leaders began promoting knowledge as the new rise of success and encouraged everyone to look towards education. When this happened the number of Americans undergraduates rose significantly. It went from approximately 52,300 in 1870 to 156,800 in 1890, 237,600 in 1900, and 597,900 in 1920. Marshall University saw this rise in population and had in 1921, 1267 students enrolled which was highest record in history at Marshall. This population continued to increase every year after because people began to believe that college and receiving higher education was the way to succeed and achieve their dreams in the professions that they wanted (Oleson
Before this, colleges were known as places that only the wealthy attended. "As late as 1913 fewer than one in twenty young persons attended college, an even the most prestigious universities were scrambling to fill their classes, drawing students almost exclusively from their regions" (Levine 16-17). This helps explain why Marshall was a 2 year teacher college instead of a four year college. There was enough people in the area that wanted to attend college to create it into an institution that was meant for everyone to attend. The general public didn’t start participating in higher education until scientists, scholars, and institutional leaders began promoting knowledge as the new rise of success and encouraged everyone to look towards education. When this happened the number of Americans undergraduates rose significantly. It went from approximately 52,300 in 1870 to 156,800 in 1890, 237,600 in 1900, and 597,900 in 1920. Marshall University saw this rise in population and had in 1921, 1267 students enrolled which was highest record in history at Marshall. This population continued to increase every year after because people began to believe that college and receiving higher education was the way to succeed and achieve their dreams in the professions that they wanted (Oleson