The Market Revolution
This invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized the cotton industry
What is the cotton gin?
This growing class was characterized by their managerial positions and modest wealth
What is the middle class?
This class grew wealthy through investments and ownership of factories
What is the capitalist class?
This author of Self-Reliance was a leading transcendentalist
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
This religious group founded a community in Nauvoo, Illinois, and later moved to Utah
Who are the Mormons?
This infrastructure improvement connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes, significantly boosting trade
What is the Erie canal?
The rise of factories saw an increase in this type of labor force
What is wage labor?
This class worked in factories and faced harsh conditions with low wages
What is the working class?
This transcendentalist wrote Walden and advocated for simple living
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This Utopian community in Indiana sought to create a perfect society
What is New Harmony?
This term refers to the period of rapid industrialization and market-oriented economy during the early 19th century
What is the Market Revolution?
Many young women worked in these textile factories in New England
What are the Lowell mills?
These types of neighborhoods highlighted the increasing divide between rich and poor
What are segregated neighborhoods?
Transcendentalists believed in the inherent goodness of this entity
What is nature?
This Utopian society practiced communal living and celibacy
Who are the Shakers?
This Supreme Court case established federal authority over interstate commerce
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This concept describes the idealized domestic role of women during the early 19th century
What is the cult of domesticity?
This labor movement sought to improve working conditions and wages for factory workers
What is the early trade union movement?
This transcendentalist publication shared essays and ideas of the movement
What is The Dial?
This Utopian experiment was founded by transcendentalists in Massachusetts
What is Brook Farm?
The expansion of markets was heavily supported by this type of government-subsidized project
What are internal improvements?
The economic philosophy emphasizing self-made success was championed by this influential thinker
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This was one key economic factor that widened class divides during the Market Revolution
What is industrial capitalism?
Transcendentalism emphasized this over institutional religion
What is individual spirituality?
Utopian societies often sought to reform these two major institutions
What are property and family?