Market Revolution (jan 1, 1820 – jan 1, 1830)

Description:

Industrialization links N industries to S farms
-> coordination of industry
Transportation:
- National road
- Canals
- Steam Boat
- Rail Road
Industrial tech:
- Interchangable Parts
- Factory System
Agricultural Innovation
- Cotton Gin
- Spinning Machine
- Farming: subsistence-> commercial
Society:
- Migration -> nativism
- Emerging Middle class (North)
-> Cult of Domesticity: praised virtue, purity, weakness and passivity in women
- BAD working conditions
Regional Specialization:
- Depleted land->expansion->tension
US presence in W Hem:
- Luisiana Purchase
- Oregon Border "54"40" of Fight" w/ Britain
- Annexation of Texas->Mexican American War
- Monroe Doctrine

--> Reform movements

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