It was important because it enabled countries to make steel cheaply and this was then used to make better tools and better machinery and it enabled the industry to prosper. This forced them to become imperialistic in order to get more resources to increase the scope of the revolution even more.
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The second great awakening was a large-scale religious movement in the United States that brought about more awareness on issues such as temperance and slavery. <span />
Both speeches focus on the history of fighting for a cause leading up to the Civil War. The US was built on revolutionary spirit and men's lives lost for the bigger idea of freedom. The deaths of the men will mean something because the cause of the war means something.
These addresses revitalized the Union effort and reminded the men of the long history they were now a part of. They stand on the side of freedom and that will be meaningful. This dedicate brought up morale in Union forces.
Reformers of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s were called progressives.