Things such as the gold standard and the Crime of 1873 contributed to the rise of America's industrial economy. The result was Republican policymakers sharply limiting the nation's money supply to the level of available gold.
In order for the agricultural societies to develop and sustain themselves, numerous changes had to be done, and some of those changes were that several institutions had to be established. The institutions that were established were the political, economic, and religious ones. The political institutions had the purpose to control and organize the society. The economic institutions had the purpose to make the society sustainable and develop it economically. The religious ones had the purpose to teach the spiritual values of the people, but very often they also were the ones that were included in the preservation of the traditions and education.