Under a totalitarian system, the government has total control and authority over almost every aspect of a citizen’s life such as wage, legal rights, civil rights, personal freedoms, available foods, jobs, safety, free speech, etc. A totalitarian government relies primarily on the word of their leader who can inflict as much pain and injustice on a country as they find necessary. Their citizens are guaranteed no legal protections or basic rights.
During the early 1900s, the populations of US cities located on the West Coast were the highest, but by 2000, the populations of cities located in the Midwest became greater than those of the East Coast.
However, if we had to point to a particular moment, we might point towards 1920, as this was the year in which more Americans were living in cities than in the countryside for the first time. One of the innovations that had the greatest influence on this shift was the introduction of the assembly line.
