AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes
4.6: Effects of the Market Revolution on Society and Culture
AMSCO Guided Notes
AP US History Guided Notes
AMSCO 4.6 - Effects of the Market Revolution on Society and Culture
Learning Objectives
- Explain how and why innovation in technology, agriculture, and commerce affected various segments of American society over time.
I. Women
1. How did urbanization and industrialization change the nature of work and family life for women?
2. What was the cult of domesticity and how did it reflect women's changing roles in society?
3. What legal restrictions on women remained despite their gaining more control over their lives?
II. Economic and Social Mobility
1. How did real wages and the gap between wealthy and poor change during the early 1800s?
2. How did economic opportunities and social mobility in the United States compare to Europe?
III. Population Growth and Change
1. What factors contributed to the doubling of the U.S. population between 1800 and 1850?
2. How did the percentage of nonwhites in the total population change between 1790 and the 1850s?
3. Why was the increase in the enslaved population after 1808 unusual compared to other Americas?
A. Immigration
1. What caused the sudden surge in European immigration beginning in 1832?
2. Where did most European immigrants settle and why did few go to the South?
3. How did immigrants contribute to the growth of the U.S. economy?
B. Urban Life
1. How did the urban population change in the North between 1800 and 1850?
2. What problems accompanied rapid urban growth in northern cities?
C. New Cities
1. What role did transportation geography play in the growth of cities like Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Chicago?
IV. Organized Labor
1. How did industrialization change the relationship between workers and their labor?
2. What problems did urban factory workers face and how did they organize to address them?
3. What was the significance of Commonwealth v. Hunt and what other labor reforms occurred in the 1840s?
4. What factors limited improvements for workers despite some early victories?
Key Terms
urban life
new cities
Industrial Revolution
Commonwealth v. Hunt
ten-hour workday