What story and who is ellie?!?!?
In the late 1800s, most Americans accepted laissez faire economics in theory. In practice, however, many supported government involvement when it benefited them.
The church a catholic church had begun to desire and turn itself into something it was not. It was looking for power and wealth, it wasn't so much as the church itself but the people running the church!
There were fewer people at that time and even though they had their religion and myths there were still a lot of unanswered question that people like philosophers would try to find answered for.
