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What was the significance of the rise of factories during the Market Revolution?
Mass production changed how goods were made, leading to increased efficiency and lower costs, but also altered labor practices.
What was the significance of the growth of new cities during the Market Revolution?
Attracted immigrants and fueled by industrial growth, but also faced challenges such as overcrowding and poor sanitation.
What was the impact of the Expansion of Slavery?
The growth of the cotton industry in the South led to an increased demand for enslaved labor, contributing to the division of the country and ultimately the Civil War.
What was the effect of increased immigration during the Market Revolution?
The influx of immigrants from Europe led to increased competition for jobs and housing, as well as tensions with native-born Americans.
What was the impact of new transportation during the Market Revolution?
Steamboats, canals, and railroads made it easier to move goods and people, connecting markets and fueling economic growth.
What was the effect of shift to a market economy?
Buying and selling became the norm, replacing bartering and self-sufficiency, leading to greater economic specialization and interdependence.
What was the Commonwealth v. Hunt case (1842)?
Established the legality of labor unions and the right to strike.
What were the challenges of urbanization?
Overcrowding, disease, poverty, and crime.
What were the positive aspects of urbanization?
Rise of a new middle class, growth of a more diverse population, and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in America.
What new job opportunities were available for women?
Domestic service, teaching, and factory work (e.g., Lowell Girls).
What were the causes and effects of the Market Revolution?
Causes: New technologies, transportation improvements. Effects: Increased productivity, urbanization, social changes, expansion of slavery.
What were the causes and effects of urbanization?
Causes: Job opportunities, perceived better living conditions. Effects: Overcrowding, disease, poverty, rise of middle class.
What were the causes and effects of the Cult of Domesticity?
Causes: Changing economic roles, societal expectations. Effects: Limited opportunities for women, gender divide, focus on domestic roles.
What were the causes and effects of Social Darwinism?
Causes: Industrialization, inequality. Effects: Justification for inequality, opposition to social welfare, discrimination.
What were the causes and effects of increased immigration?
Causes: Economic opportunities, political instability in Europe. Effects: Increased competition for jobs, nativism, cultural diversity.
What were the causes and effects of the expansion of slavery?
Causes: Growth of the cotton industry, demand for cheap labor. Effects: Increased sectional tensions, economic dependence on slavery, Civil War.
What were the causes and effects of the rise of trade unions?
Causes: Poor working conditions, low wages. Effects: Improved worker rights, strikes, collective bargaining.
What were the causes and effects of new transportation systems?
Causes: Need for efficient movement of goods and people. Effects: Economic growth, expanded markets, increased urbanization.
What were the causes and effects of the shift to a market economy?
Causes: New technologies, increased productivity. Effects: Economic specialization, interdependence, consumer culture.
What were the causes and effects of the Lowell System?
Causes: Demand for textile production, availability of young female labor. Effects: Employment opportunities for women, strict working conditions, labor activism.
Who were the Lowell Girls?
Young, single women employed in textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, who faced strict discipline and long hours.