jun 8, 1818 - New Social Classes
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"New Social Classes and the Market Revolution relate, because people could use the Market to trade products or get their product that they created to make money and move on up." The social classes consisted of three levels. The Business Elite, the Middle class, and the Urban Workers and Poor class. The Business elite consisted of people who lived in urban areas and merchants. The Middle class consisted of people like farmers, lawyers, clerks, traders, and mechanics. The last class who were the Urban Workers and Poor class consisted of people like wager workers and manual laborers.
AP Key Concept 4.2, II
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