Key Innovations
This innovation, developed by Robert Fulton, transformed water transport.
What is the steamboat?
This term describes the rapid growth of cities during the Market Revolution.
What is urbanization?
This ideal emphasized personal effort and talent during the Market Revolution.
What is the "self-made man"?
This group faced long hours, low wages, and loss of independence.
Who are workers?
He developed the steamboat, transforming water transport.
Who is Robert Fulton?
This canal, completed in 1825, connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
This shift occurred as labor moved from skilled artisan work to this type of labor.
What is factory-based wage labor?
Owning this was seen as essential to personal freedom during the Market Revolution.
What is property or a business?*
This group faced limited economic opportunities and was mostly confined to the domestic sphere.
Who are women?*
He invented the cotton gin, which expanded the cotton industry.
Who is Eli Whitney?
This invention by Cyrus McCormick revolutionized agriculture.
What is the mechanical reaper?
This term describes the new roles for women, emphasizing their place in the home.
What is the cult of domesticity?
This concept, critiqued by Ralph Waldo Emerson, was associated with the rise of materialism.
What is materialism?
This group was excluded from economic benefits and faced severe discrimination.
Who are African-Americans?
He invented the mechanical reaper, revolutionizing agriculture.
Who is Cyrus McCormick?
This communication innovation allowed messages to be sent over long distances quickly.
What is the telegraph?
This group of immigrants, along with Germans, fueled the labor supply during the Market Revolution
Who are the Irish?
This type of independence was emphasized as a key aspect of American freedo
What is economic independence?
This movement began to form as workers sought better conditions.
What are unions?
He critiqued materialism and emphasized individualism.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?*
This invention by Eli Whitney expanded the cotton industry.
What is the cotton gin?
This term describes the distinct class that emerged due to the shift to factory-based labor.
What is the working class?
This philosophical movement, associated with Emerson, emphasized individualism.
What is Transcendentalism?
This group of African-Americans faced severe discrimination despite being free.
Who are free Black Americans?*
This person is known for his work in the development of the telegraph.
Who is Samuel Morse?