How Did The Industrial Revolution Affect The American Identity

Farming in the south and manufacturing in the north helped flourish the countries economy. The American identity of this time period is significant, the idea of America becoming a superpower to the rest of the world was becoming a reality, beating England not once but twice was a definite sign of the raised American morality. Despite the changes after the war of 1812, the American Identity exploded, regardless of being a single nation different regions had diverse views.
The Industrial Revolution helped cause our national identity America has today. During the time period of 1790 to 1860, America finally started making more and more of their own supplies and stopped relying so much on other countries. Northern part of America began making their own Division of Labor, Factories, and Outwork Systems. Items such as shoes were made with an outwork system so products were shipped to several places before the final product was finished. Other items were made under one roof, which were called factories. American made products were more expensive than imports but slowly over time the price became quite close with one another, between the low wages of textile workers and the tariffs enforced on imports. The tariff would be soon overturned as the southern region …show more content…
John Marshall’s had three main principles: judicial authority, national law supremacy, and traditional property rights. In Marbury vs. Madison, was the first law that was claimed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (part of the judicial branch). Then in the case of Gibbons vs. Ogden the Supreme Court showed its dominance once again because of the national government is overhead of the interstate commerce which is listed in the Constitution. In Dartmouth College vs. Woodward, the Supreme Court ruled that property rights should be among all especially in those that have corporations (in which would be a