The tax on whiskey by the federal government started the rebellion (the rebels were mostly farmers who used whiskey as a sort of currency), and George Washington personally led 13,000 troops to end the rebellion, but the rebels broke up in fear.
During the nineteenth century, Factory workers had it quite hard. The conditions were unbearable and are very dangerous. With dangerous vapor zooming around filling their lungs with dangerous chemicals. The eqiupment was most of the time dangerous and broken, which usally led to deaths.
The Second Great Awakening was a major religious movement in the U.S. that reached out to the unchurched and brought large numbers of people to a vivid experience of Christianity. They believed in the perfectibility of people and were highly moralistic in their endeavors.
