Exam 9: The Market Revolution,1800-1840

During the Revolutionary period,virtue was considered an essential component of a male's character for the survival of the republic.The founding fathers often spoke of a virtuous citizenry as the key to liberty and freedom taking hold.Fifty years later,however,virtue had shifted to become a character sought after in women.Describe why this shift occurred and its consequences.

What was an irony about the cotton gin?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Jacob Astor

Women and blacks fully enjoyed the fruits of the market revolution.

Who were the two most prominent members of the transcendentalist movement?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -rise of the West

As the market revolution took on steam,some critics described wage labor as the very essence of slavery.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -American System

An advantage of water transportation over road transportation was that:

Explain how transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening affected the definitions of freedom.How were both movements a response to the market revolution?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -internal borderland

The African Methodist Episcopal Church allowed women to preach.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Samuel Slater

By 1860,less than 1,000 miles of telegraph wire were operational in the United States.

In 1800,most farm families were incapable of making clothing and farm equipment.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Commonwealth v.Hunt

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -free blacks

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -transcendentalism

Compare immigration to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s to the present day.Is there a similarity?