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What was a significant result of the market revolution on American families?
What was the ideal that emerged in the 19th century regarding women and children's work?
How did the market revolution transform the economy?
What was the significance of the domestic sphere in the 19th century?
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What was a result of the shift in work away from the home?
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What was the reality of women's work that the ideal of removing them from work ignored?
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Study Notes
The Market Revolution and Its Impact on American Families
- In the first half of the 19th century, northern US families increasingly participated in the cash economy created by the market revolution.
Shift in Work and Gender Roles
- The early stages of industrialization shifted work away from the home, transforming Americans' notions of work and what it meant to be an American woman and man.
- The market revolution redefined gender roles as workers were thrust into new systems of production.
Class Status and the Domestic Sphere
- A family's class status was determined by their ability to remove women and children from work, an ideal only achievable for the wealthy.
- The purity of the domestic sphere, an idealized realm of women and children, increasingly signified a family's class status as Americans purchased more goods in stores and produced fewer at home.
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This quiz explores the impact of the market revolution on American society in the 19th century, including changes in work and gender roles.
