Key Period 4

Key Concept Outline 4.2

Isabella Sarreal
Feb. 26, 2015

 Agriculture, technology, and

commerce transformed the
economy of America and
changed the social ways of the
U.S.

Transportation and
Technology= Manufacturing
and Agricultural expansion
1. Organization; Create market revolution
(relations between producers and
consumers)
2. New inventions; steam engines,
interchangeable parts, textile machinery,
telegraph, and agricultural inventions
3. Legislation & Judicial Systems; developed
roads, canals, railroads, transportation
networks also effected the economic
systems linking North and Midwest

Market revolution affected

society, lives of workers, and
gender/family ties in the U.S.
1. Increase number of Americans in
areas such as labor in factories
ultimately leading to good market
production
2. Manufacture growth led to better
living standards but led to bigger
middle class
3. Change in gender and family roles
giving an example of Cult of

Developments in economics shaped

settlement and trading practices in
order to shape the nation with
unification.
1. Larger numbers of immigrants trying to
industrialize in Northern cities and along the
Ohio and Mississippi River
2. Cotton production, banking, shipping, etc. had
major growth
3. Southern Businesses relied on production of
trade of agricultural products to continues
their identity linked to it.
4. Ideas like the American System created
debate over how it would affect agriculture or
industry and help to unify the U.S. economy.