Why did leisure-time activities become increasingly important to the working class during the late nineteenth century?

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Leisure-time activities became increasingly important to the working class during the late nineteenth century because people had some leisure time and extra money.

The economy of the United States at that time experimented notorious changes due to the many industries that produced goods and the number of workers they had to hire to operate the machines in the factories. This industrial economy set the foundation for the quick expansion of new corporations. Businessmen decided to invest their money opening new companies, benefiting the creation of jobs and consumerism.

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