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Considering the four characteristics of the Market Revolution, which in your opinion is the most beneficial to a populace? |
Increase in mobility of capital, goods, and labor. |
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What is an advantage of a passenger in the first steam boat as opposed to the first turnpikes? |
It can transport more goods and passengers |
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How did the Erie Canal promote? |
Facilitating the settlement of Upstate New York and the Old Northwest, and helped Foster trade between farmers in the west and manufacturers in the east |
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The first railroads were very popular for everything they could provide to the people. By 1860, what country had the most rail lines? |
United States |
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What communication language would be created with the invention of the telegraph? |
Morse code. |
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How would the cotton gin affect the availability and price of cotton after its invention? |
Price drops and availability Rises |
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Why did the development of factories increase the number of people living in urban communities? |
Work, investors, innovators, copiers, willingness to move for money. |
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What are some ways the lives of factory workers who was regulated? |
There were dormitories right outside factories for workers, Owners paid workers in their own printed money and charge to change currency, Where you work is where you were paid, told what they could do |
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By 1853, when mill workers complained about their pay and the long hours, many mills found two options to 'fix' these complaints. What were they? |
Hire immigrants who work for low wages, 11 hour work days. |
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From 1820 to 1860 the largest number of immigrants came from Ireland. What was happening in Ireland that led to this? |
Irish potato famine. The dying of their central crop: potatoes |
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With the rise of immigrant populations, so came the afterbirth of what? |
Nativism |
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The Second Great Awakening saw the establishment of religious groups like The Mormons and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. During this time, where were the revivals most likely to take place? |
Areas affected by the market economy |
