HIST-UA 651 Lecture Notes - Penny Press
5 Jun 2014
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Thomas jefferson: believed that if usa moved away from the agrarian lifestyle, huge class differences would emerge originally thought that usa would stay agriculturally based for 1000 years. But, usa had a huge population growth railroads increase communication prices decrease bc of railroads newspapers fluctuate (penny press) middle class emerges, interchangeable jobs the believer is in the drivers seat= Belief that for wishes to work, everyone must be doing work. Northern critique: moral issue of slavery in the south-- very puritan. When you own a slave, you won everything, including sex. Can"t say that religion has to stay out of politics to boost one of your points religion has had just as much of an impact on the civil right movement as it did on anti-homosexuality laws. Trying to get americans to self-internalize control that had previously been given to god or to the king, etc sel-control and power.
