Find gold, have freedom to worship as they pleased, and simply to have a better life.
I believe it would be ghosts, and the dead. According to some resources, he had contact with the dead and it frightened him
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Explanation:
The period between 1870 and 1900 in the United States is known as the “Gilded Age” and was characterized by economic and industrial growth, increased political participation, immigration, and social reform.