<span> Upper class contained nobles, priests, government officials and warriors.</span><span> Merchants, traders and artisans made up a Middle or "Freeman" Class.</span><span>Slavery</span>
One major way in which <span>industrialization affected the way people lived in the United States was that it increased the standard of living for many--since many more people were able to find employment in factories--which raised their income substantially. </span>
Brezhnev was much keener to protect the priviledges of the Nomemclature than reforming the country. Khrushchev had reformed the Soviet Union because he wanted it to have a better image abroad. He was destituted by the Nomemclature who feared about their priviledges and blamed him for failing in Cuba in his foreign policy.