Market Revolution: Transformations in Early America
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What was a significant challenge faced by Southern women during the war?

  • They received extensive support from the government.
  • They had to manage farms and plantations alone. (correct)
  • They were primarily engaged in military combat.
  • They generally had more resources than Northern women.

What were 'government girls' in the Confederacy?

  • Clerks in the Confederate government. (correct)
  • Organizers of women's rights movements.
  • Women who worked in military hospitals.
  • Volunteers providing charity to soldiers.

How did Southern women's perceptions of the war change over time?

  • Many believed the war was worthwhile owing to national pride.
  • Their hardships led them to join the army actively.
  • They uniformly supported the conflict throughout.
  • Increased sacrifices led to a growing disaffection with the war. (correct)

What impact did women's disaffection have on the Confederate army?

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In what way did Southern women petition the government during the war?

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What role did men increasingly take on during the societal shift discussed?

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How did child labor impact traditional family dynamics during industrialization?

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What family structure became more common as a result of economic pressures during industrialization?

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What was a significant consequence of economic dependency on wages earned outside the home?

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What conditions did families often face when moving to cities for factory work?

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How did the introduction of clocks influence daily life?

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What sentiments did nativists harbor towards Irish immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s?

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What was a notable characteristic of the acceptance of English immigrants compared to Irish immigrants?

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What impact did the steam-powered printing press have on the public sphere?

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What was a primary function of the Second Bank of the United States?

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What was the general American sentiment towards the republican revolutions in Latin America during the 1820s?

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What significant policy did John Quincy Adams draft to address European colonial ambitions in the Americas?

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What was a consequence of the Panic of 1819 concerning public opinion on the Second Bank?

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What assumption did the Monroe Doctrine make regarding the relationship between the Old and New Worlds?

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Which Latin American countries gained independence from Spain between 1810 and 1822?

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How did the expansion of print media affect political parties in America?

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What was one of the primary goals of Andrew Jackson during his presidency?

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Which contradiction best describes Andrew Jackson's character?

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What was a significant outcome of the reform movements in the 1830s and 1840s?

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What did Horace Mann advocate for in the Common School Movement?

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How did reformers view the institutions they created, such as asylums and jails?

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What was the primary purpose of colonization as seen through the reform movements?

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Which of the following statements is true about Andrew Jackson's economic beliefs?

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What was the fate of President William Henry Harrison?

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What was John Brown's motivation for leading the attack on Harpers Ferry?

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What was the result of John Brown's trial?

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In the election of 1860, how did Lincoln perform in the North?

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What characterized the Civil War in terms of military engagement?

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What was one significant change for women during the Civil War in the North?

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What was the role of George McClellan during the Civil War?

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How did John Brown's actions impact sectional tensions in the United States?

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Which of the following statements about the Emancipation Proclamation is true?

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Which transportation systems were key in transforming the United States in the early 1800s?

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What crop became particularly lucrative in the early 1800s due to the Market Revolution?

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What was one major social change resulting from urbanization during the Market Revolution?

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What was a direct consequence of the industrial growth in cities during the Market Revolution?

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What technological advancements began to enhance urban living conditions over time?

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How did work shift for families during the Market Revolution?

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What effect did the influx of factory workers have on living conditions in cities?

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Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of labor conditions during the Market Revolution?

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Flashcards

Industrial Impact on Family

Industrialization fundamentally changed family structures, leading to wage-earning men, women managing households, and a greater reliance on outside wages.

Child Labor's Effect

Children working long hours in factories hurt their health and education, impacting traditional family dynamics.

Nuclear Family Rise

Industrial pressures and mobility led to nuclear families (parents and children) becoming more common, replacing extended families.

Economic Dependency

Families relied more on wages earned outside the home, making them vulnerable to economic fluctuations and job losses.

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Urban Living Conditions

Moving to cities for factory work often resulted in crowded, unsanitary living conditions that challenged family well-being.

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Clocks' Significance

Clocks became important because work and leisure time were now separate, unlike the earlier alternation between the two.

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Nativism

Hostility towards immigrants, especially Irish Catholics, who were seen as a threat to American society and economy, due to feared job competition and concerns about their culture.

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Irish Immigration Concerns

Irish immigrants in the 1800s faced hostility due to their Roman Catholic faith and culture in a predominantly Protestant society.

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Market Revolution Transportation

The early 1800s saw major improvements in transportation like roads, canals, steamboats, and railroads. These systems facilitated the movement of goods and people, connecting the Atlantic coast to the interior.

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Cotton's Impact

Cotton became a highly profitable crop in the early 1800s, driving the economy but also expanding and strengthening the institution of slavery.

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Industrial Growth Effects

Industrialization brought rapid factory growth, city expansion, economic opportunities for some, and challenging living conditions and working conditions for many.

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Urbanization Causes

The rise of factories caused people to move from rural areas to cities in search of work, leading to a dramatic increase in urban populations and cities.

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Industrialization's Work Changes

The shift from home-based work to factories changed daily lives, dividing work and home life for the first time and significantly altering gender roles since men, women, and children all entered the workplace.

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Transportation Improvement's Impact

New transportation systems improved trade by linking the Atlantic seaboard to the interior of the country, connecting people and places previously separated.

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Cotton's Role in Slavery

The high demand for cotton significantly increased the demand for enslaved labor. This led to the expansion and strengthening of slavery throughout the South.

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Industrial Growth Impacts on Cities

Industrial growth led to the rise of cities as centers of manufacturing and commerce, and while creating opportunities, also led to significant social and environmental challenges.

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Steam-powered printing press impact

Increased printing speed and reduced costs, leading to a rise in newspapers and mass readership.

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Second Bank of the US (BUS) role

A private corporation that regulated the money supply and served as the government's financial agent, which was often resented.

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Panic of 1819

An economic crisis impacting the US, likely connected to the Second Bank of the US.

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Missouri Compromise

A compromise related to the admission of states into the Union.

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Latin American Revolutions (1810-1822)

A period marked by rebellious movements against Spanish rule in Latin America, establishing independent nations.

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Monroe Doctrine

US policy stating opposition to European colonization in the Americas, non-interference in European affairs, and defending new Latin American nations.

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Sensational Journalism

A style of journalism that emphasizes eye-catching headlines and exaggerated stories for popular appeal.

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Andrew Jackson's Political Changes

Political changes associated with the time period of President Andrew Jackson.

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Southern Women's Wartime Role

During the Civil War, Southern women took on men's roles, managing farms, businesses, and even disciplining slaves. They organized to support soldiers and worked in government offices.

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Women's Disaffection & The War

As the war dragged on, Southern women, recognizing the sacrifices they made, increasingly questioned the war's worth. This disaffection lowered morale and encouraged desertions.

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14th Amendment: Significance

The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people. It also guaranteed equal protection under the law.

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Reconstruction: Freed People's Desires

Freed people sought land ownership, education, political participation, and economic independence. The government's response was varied and ultimately inadequate.

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KKK: Post-Reconstruction Terror

The Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, used violence and intimidation to suppress Black citizens, undermining Reconstruction's goals of equality.

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Jackson's Contradictions

Andrew Jackson, despite being a champion of the common man, excluded Native Americans and African Americans from democracy.

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Jackson's Views on Banks

Andrew Jackson opposed banks, paper money, and the market revolution's impact.

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Nullification Crisis

A political debate during Jackson's presidency about the extent of state powers versus federal authority.

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Temperance Movement

A social movement advocating moderate or complete abstinence from alcohol.

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Institutional Reform

Efforts to reform social institutions like jails, asylums, and orphanages in the 19th century.

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Common School Movement (Horace Mann)

A movement promoting free public education for all children, regardless of social class.

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Colonization

The planned removal of Native Americans from their homelands to other lands.

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Corrupt Bargain

A political scandal during the 1820s, suggesting that a deal between political figures influenced the outcome of an election.

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John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid

John Brown led an armed assault on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start a slave rebellion. His actions increased sectional tensions.

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Lincoln's Election (1860)

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election with a clear majority of electoral votes. This victory, strongly favoring the North, was a significant factor leading to the Civil War.

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Civil War Weapons

The Civil War saw mass armies and weapons forged by the Industrial Revolution, leading to unprecedented casualties.

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Civil War Sides

The Civil War pitted the Union (North) against the Confederate States of America (South).

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Union General, McClellan

A prominent general for the Union forces in the Civil War.

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Emancipation Proclamation

A declaration issued by President Lincoln that officially declared slaves in Confederate states free. Important for future steps regarding slavery.

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Women's Role in the Civil War (North)

Northern women often had to take on male roles as military and economic resources were consumed by the war, taking on factory jobs, nursing, and many other service roles.

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Civil War's Impact

The Civil War had a profound effect on the United States, including a major overhaul of many aspects of American society, both economically and socially.

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Study Notes

Market Revolution

  • Transportation systems transformed the US in the early 1800s, including roads, turnpikes, canals, railroads, and steamboats, facilitating the movement of goods and people between the Atlantic coast and the interior.
  • Cotton became a very valuable crop, which heavily increased the demand for enslaved labor.
  • New machinery in factories led to urban growth, as people moved to cities for job opportunities. However, economic inequality emerged with factory owners becoming wealthy and workers facing low wages and harsh conditions.
  • Living conditions in cities deteriorated, becoming overcrowded and unsanitary.
  • Social changes included women and children entering the workforce, leading to social reform movements aimed at improving labor conditions.
  • Technological advancements, such as electric lighting and indoor plumbing, improved urban living conditions.
  • The shift from home-based work to factory work led to a separation between home and work life.
  • Gender roles shifted, with men primarily being wage earners and women primarily managing households and caring for children.

Child Labor and Family Structure

  • Children worked long hours in factories, impacting their health and education.
  • The decline of extended family living arrangements led to nuclear families becoming more common.
  • Families became more dependent on wages earned outside the home, making them vulnerable to economic fluctuations.
  • Urban living conditions were crowded and unsanitary, posing significant challenges to family health.
  • These changes fundamentally transformed family life and social structures.

Immigration

  • Irish immigrants faced hostility in the 1840s and 1850s due to their Catholic faith and the increased visibility of the Catholic Church.
  • Nativism emerged, with native-born Americans viewing immigrants as a threat, attributing crime, political corruption, and job competition against native-born residents to immigrants.
  • Many Irish immigrants were drawn to the Democratic Party's urban political machines in order to get aid, support and jobs.
  • The Irish were often stereotyped as lazy, childlike, irrational, and unfamiliar with American ideals, and were thus seen as threatening to democratic institutions, social reform, and public education.

The Second Great Awakening

  • Religious revivalism focused on personal conversion and social reform.
  • Mormons were driven from their homes due to religious persecution, settling in what is now Illinois.

Lowell and Factory Conditions

  • Lowell factories, particularly, provided employment opportunities for both women and children who worked in extremely difficult conditions.

Democracy in America

  • Inventions in print technology (e.g., steam-powered printing press) led to the mass production of printed materials and a greater public sphere.
  • Political changes during the Andrew Jackson presidency were characterized by contradictions. He championed the common man but excluded minority groups, was a nationalist but opposed federal intervention in the economy.
  • Andrew Jackson had significant political issues and challenges throughout his lifetime.

Religion and Reform

  • Reform efforts aimed at transforming individuals into morally upright citizens, leading to the creation of jails, asylums, and orphanages.
  • Horace Mann championed public education to foster social equality and stability.
  • The idea of colonization (deportation to Africa, the Caribbean, or Central America) for formerly enslaved people arose in response to abolitionism.
  • The Grimke sisters advocated for women's rights and opposed slavery.
  • The Seneca Falls Convention advocated for women's suffrage.

Cotton Revolution

  • Cotton's role in driving American slavery was significant.
  • Paternalism, a justification (not moral) for slavery, was used to control enslaved people.
  • Conditions of enslaved people were harsh in terms of labor.
  • Slave revolts and the Underground Railroad were responses to slavery, a critical part of this period.
  • The rise of abolitionism challenged the institution of slavery during this time period.

Manifest Destiny and Sectional Crisis

  • Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, expanding westward, often to the detriment of Indigenous peoples and other groups.
  • Conflicts arose regarding the expansion of slavery into new territories, leading to major political and social tensions.
  • The Mexican-American War resulted in land acquisitions, but heightened the national debate over slavery.
  • The Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act heightened these tensions, directly undermining the previous attempts at compromise regarding the contentious issue of slavery.
  • The Dred Scott Decision further complicated the issue of slavery in territories and significantly deepened the national divide between North and South.
  • The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery, was a major catalyst in the secession crisis which ultimately led to the Civil War.

The Civil War

  • The Civil War was characterized by mass armies fighting with advanced weaponry.
  • The Emancipation Proclamation had a critical impact on the war.
  • The war significantly impacted both the North and the South, leading to major changes and lasting consequences.
  • Changes in the economy, labor, and social structures were major results of the war.
  • Women contributed significantly to the war effort in both the North and South, often taking over male roles and responsibilities.
  • Women were particularly involved in manufacturing and government jobs within the war effort.

Reconstruction

  • Freed people sought various rights and opportunities after the war.
  • The federal government attempted various policies to address these issues.
  • The 14th and 15th amendments attempted to grant and protect civil rights, but faced significant opposition.
  • Reconstruction was riddled with significant challenges and problems, including the Ku Klux Klan and political corruption.

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Explore the profound changes brought about by the Market Revolution in the early 1800s. This quiz covers transportation advancements, the rise of cotton production, urbanization, and social shifts, including the role of women and children in the workforce. Test your knowledge on how these elements shaped modern America.

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