Causes and Effects of the Market Revolution

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to the causes and effects of the Market Revolution, including significant changes in transportation, communication, and immigration trends.

Market Revolution

A period of rapid expansion and change in the United States' economy during the 19th century marked by shifts in transportation, communication, and production.

Telegraph System

A method of electronic communication invented by Samuel F.B. Morse that could transmit messages over great distances.

Industrial Revolution

A major shift in manufacturing from handmade methods to mass production in mills and factories using water, coal, and steam power.

Cotton Gin

A hand-operated machine invented by Eli Whitney that quickly removed seeds from cotton, enabling mass production.

Lowell System

A factory model in New England that provided young women with meals, housing, and educational opportunities.

Nativism

A political policy favoring the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants.

Know-Nothings

A political movement in the 1850s opposed to immigration and immigrants in the United States.

Transcontinental Power

Refers to the United States becoming a powerful nation spanning the continent from coast to coast.

Immigration

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country; significant influxes occurred in the U.S. during the Market Revolution.

Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Maine

Six new states that joined the United States during the Market Revolution.