Appellate court hope this helps :)
While there were a number of social, political, and economic causes for the Sepoy Rebellion, the spark that lit it off was an unfounded rumor that the new British issued cartridge for their Enfield rifles was loaded with cow and pig fat, which offended the repressed Hindu and Muslim minorities.
The transcontinental railroad transformed the west because it made the idea of manifest destiny so much easier to achieve. The railroads also gave access to many trade spots, which in result connected them all, making the economy of America BOOM.
Stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction and drought
The Mayans prayed,sacrificed,and fasted
The Mayan and other Mesoamerican cultures used a vigesimal number system based on base 20, (and, to some extent, base 5), probably originally developed from counting on fingers and toes.
