Chapter 9: Economic Transformation, 1820-1860



Chapter 9: Economic Transformation, 1820–1860

I. The American Industrial Revolution

1. The Division of Labor and the Factory

2. The Textile Industry and British Competition

A. American and British Advantages

B. Better Machines, Cheaper Workers

3. American Mechanics and Technological Innovation

4. Wageworkers and the Labor Movement

A. Free Workers Form Unions

B. Labor Ideology

II. The Market Revolution

1. The Transportation Revolution Forges Regional Ties

A. Canals and Steamboats Shrink Distance

B. Railroads Foster Regional Ties

2. The Growth of Cities and Towns

III. New Social Classes and Cultures

1. The Business Elite

2. The Middle Class

3. Urban Workers and the Poor

4. The Benevolent Empire

5. Charles Grandison Finney: Revivalism and Reform

A. Evangelical Beliefs

B. Temperance

6. Immigration and Cultural Conflict

A. Irish Poverty

B. Nativism

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