The close connection between calls for religious revival and campaigns for social reform in the 1830´s and 1840´s was the movement known as Second Great Awakening in the 1830´s which brought all the revivals; this served as one of the basis for the Reform Movement of the 1840´s; which had great impact on the American Labor Movement and Child Labor reform.
Well, they had discovered foods that haven't seen before, also their life was a little harsh because they didn't know about the new world, they where seeing plants and animals like the pig they haven't seen before. Another thing is that their life was kind of rich because they recruited natives from the area to work for them.