There was a high vote in participation, and trying to win the approval of political parties. Sadly, these political parties focused on economic growth and expanding the railroad rather than addressing the consequences during this part of the industrialization. The platforms these political parties stand for, would always focus on the positive rather than the negative. This has been the campaigning strategy since the early days of America, and though every political campaign would need to talk about how they can approve the US, it's also better to address the negative in my opinion as well. It shows that there would be more than enough of a high participation in what they can play to be the name game.
Another part of the chapter that I found interesting was even though all these high stakes between the north and south was going on, no one wanted to focus on the real problem, which was the social consequence of industrialization. It took too long for people to realize and address the issue and focused on trying to strengthen every other part of this growth. It never mattered to what the voice had to say, but rather on how it would be more of an every day kind of thing.
Money was in short supply today after realizing how precious and valuable the silver was. They would anticipate more funds to come, but there weren't enough people for it to go around and practice these kinds of habits. They stopped making silver coins and expanded the paper money instead. I found this interesting because currency is the only thing that keeps the economy flowing, and the fact that they used all their valuables says something. I'm glad they started expanding paper money rather keep using the silver instead.
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