Improved transportation influence the entertainment industry
Tourism comprises the activities that make people (tourists) traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for a period more than one consecutive year and more than one day for leisure, business or other reasons. Tourism as such, is born in the nineteenth century as a result of the industrial revolution, with movements whose primary intention is recreation, leisure, culture, health, business or family relationships. These movements are characterized by their purpose of other types of travel motivated by war, migration, conquest, trade, among others. However, tourism has clear historical antecedents (Baker, 2004).
Integrated transportation and land use planning gives people more choices for getting around their town and their region. When homes, offices, stores, and civic buildings are near transit stations and close to each other, it is convenient to walk, bicycle, or take transit. This expanded transportation choice makes it easier to incorporate physical activity into daily routines, reduces transportation costs, and gives more freedom and mobility to low-income individuals, elder citizens, disabled persons, and others who cannot or choose not to drive or own a car.
Problems that immigrants faced when assimilating into American culture
Since the commencement of this magnificent nation, the United States of America has been receiving immigrants from all parts of the world. They have been attracted to its shores by the lure of freedom, wealth and opportunity. It has opened its doors to the hungry, the poor and the downtrodden.
These early immigrants, upon their arrival to an unfamiliar world, began forming strong, concentrated communities, practicing features of their native cultures that were responsive to the native adjustment to Anglo-Saxon culture. At the same time, this bonding slowed down the assimilation process of integrating with a social unity. The need to connect with their roots gave these immigrants a sense of security and identity within the receiving society. Some of these people, those who came from the same town or locality, that conversed in, the same language and practiced the same religious beliefs, tended to stick together to help and support each other (Bellingham, 1992).
Non-white immigrants were less readily accepted by American society, which, in turn, slowed down their assimilation. For those who possessed a higher education in comparison to the unskilled and illiterate, the assimilation was quicker. The higher their social class and professional status, the easier the acculturation became. Between 1800 and 1930, some ...