Question

During the Industrial Age, spectator sports increasingly became popular. What does this reveal about Western society?

Answer 1

Modern spectator sports became more popular because:

1. Racing and soccer became very popular.
2. Betting was also a big part of this.
3. More people had the desire to become literate
4. Music halls, vaudeville, middle-class opera and classical theater became popular.

Answer 2

The Industrial age led to many economic changes and new developments related to social organization in western society.

Steam engines and other power-driven machines made the production of goods more efficient, boosting and uplifting the middle class, hence a bigger portion of the population increased it's living standards, then not only the upper class had time for leisure, thus western society embraced spectator sports.

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