APUSH: Chapter 9: The Market Revolution: 1800-1840 – Flashcards

The market revolution represented an acceleration of developments already under way in the colonial era. In the first half of the 19th century, in rapid succession, the steamboat, canal, railroad, and telegraph brought America out of its economic past. These innovation opened new land to settlement, lowered transportation costs, and made it far easier for economic enterprises to sell their products.

Growth of cities, factory systems, the "mill girls," growth of immigration all had an impact on social change.

During this second great awakening American Freedom changed. There was more freedom than ever before. Laws begun to favor the individual person not the government. This was because of the new idea "individualism.

These groups were all disadvantaged from this revolution. Free blacks were excluded from the new economic opportunities because of discrimination. These people may have been free but they lived in some of the poorest areas and conditions of anyone in the North. They were viewed as low wage competitors. Women were disadvantaged because the household declined as a center of economic production. Workers were forced to work in low wages and harsh living conditions

Date: 1806 Accomplishment: Cumberland Road reaches Ohio Riber in 1818 and Illinois in 1838.

Date: 1807 Accomplishment: Makes possible upstream commerce on the country's major rivers.

Date: 1814 Accomplishment: By 1850, the area's 52 mills employ 10,000 workers.

Date: 1819 Accomplishment: Court defines corporate charters issued by states as contracts.

Date: 1825 Accomplishment: Connects New York City to the Great Lakes.

Date: 1828 Accomplishment: National railroad network grows to 30,000 miels by 1860.

Date: 1830s Accomplishment: Made mass-production of grain crops possible

Date: 1842 Accomplishment: Affirmed legality of workers' unions and strikes.

Date: 1844 Accomplishment: 50,000 miles of telegraph wire is strung by 1860.