HIST 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manifest Destiny, Solar Time, Employee Benefits
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Popular religious revivals that swept the country - added a religious footing for personal self- improvement, self-reliance, self-conclusion factory scheme. Factory replaced traditional foxiness production- large groups of workers under central supervision and replaced hand tools with power-private road machinery railroads. Opened vast new sphere of western sandwich lands to settlements- stimulated ember mining industry for fuel and iron industry for locomotives/rails. Between 1840-1860, immigration contributed 4 zillion people (mostly from ireland and deutschland )- come mostly to the north where more business are and less slave competition- in europe; modernization of agriculture pushes peasants and craftsman off land telegraph. Made instantaneous communication throughout the nation possible- sped up the ow of entropy and brought price uniformity across commonwealth toll road. Rst promotion in din land transportation- toll roads. America had a divine charge to occupy all of n america. Church of latter mean solar day nonpareil (mormons)
