An American history . igion. He told howthe angel of the Lord had come to him in a vision and revealedto him the Book of Mormon. On the principles laid downin the Book hefounded a commu-nity at Kirtland,in Ohio. Thencethe Mormonsmoved to Nauvoo,Illinois, where theygrew into a city oftwenty , the Mor-mons inspired dis-trust in their neigh-bors and evendefied the laws ofthe state; finallythere was a popu-lar tumult in whichSmith was killed(1844). Soon af-terward his followers went still farther west and, under theleadership of Brigham Young, settled Utah. 549. Conditions in the N
An American history . igion. He told howthe angel of the Lord had come to him in a vision and revealedto him the Book of Mormon. On the principles laid downin the Book hefounded a commu-nity at Kirtland,in Ohio. Thencethe Mormonsmoved to Nauvoo,Illinois, where theygrew into a city oftwenty , the Mor-mons inspired dis-trust in their neigh-bors and evendefied the laws ofthe state; finallythere was a popu-lar tumult in whichSmith was killed(1844). Soon af-terward his followers went still farther west and, under theleadership of Brigham Young, settled Utah. 549. Conditions in the North. The industrial and socialconditions at which we have glanced characterized the were scarcely in evidence in the South. In the Northcommerce and manufactures were even more important thanagriculture. The North was also a democratic country,where an industrial revolution had broken down completelythe social system of 1789. The old families had eithersunk into the masses, or had joined hands with the new. MORMON TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 386 AMERICAN fflSTORY people whose fortunes had been made in the recent expansionof business. The popular will — expressed through politicalclubs — was the ruling power in poHtics. When a man ofancient name took the lead in pohtics, he did so through hisown personal chann, or as the head of a club, not any longeras a member of an upper class pri\-ileged to lead. Almosteverywhere in the North the suffrage had been freed of practi-cally all restrictions.^ 550. Conditions in the South. The South was quitedifferent. It had taken no part in the industrial revolution,and unlike the North, had neither manufacturing cities nor agreat number of foreign-born citizens. Its social system wasstill the same that had been common to both sections in presence of slavery had served as an economic break-water that turned aside the industrial current and kept itfrom undermining the aristocracy of the South. ConsequentlySouthern life w
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