Water was preferred to land when transporting heavy cargo to avoid the<span>destruction of roads.
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Loss of factory jobs led to less in the middle class or you needed to work a white collar job to be middle class.
Industrial jobs moved overseas leaving those working in factories without jobs. Middle class jobs no longer included factory work but rather service jobs many requiring college degrees.
AT&T held a monopoly in the US and Canada, throughout most of the 20th century. AT&T was the owner of the Bell System, a network of telecommunications companies which included Western Union Telegraph. For many years the slogan of the company was "One Policy, One System, Universal Service."
However antitrust regulators were not happy with AT&T and in 1974, the United States Justice Department opened a case against the company, arguing they were violating the antitrust law. This case was settled in 1982, and the company was order to break up. Hence AT&T was divided into seven Regional Bell Operating Companies.
