Chapter 11
The Market Revolution: 1815–1840
By Boundless
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The Market Revolution of the nineteenth century radically shifted commerce as well as the way of life for most Americans.
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In the nineteenth century, the construction of roads, rails, and canals dramatically improved national mobility.
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Industrialization in the United States was marked by a growth in factories and an implementation of wage labor, as well as by an increase in the number of working women and deskilled workers.
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Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793 resulted in massive growth in the cotton industry in the American South.
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The United States experienced a communication revolution in in the early 1800s, during which the penny press and the electrical telegraph emerged.
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The Market Revolution of the early nineteenth century saw advances in technology, transportation, communication, and manufacturing.
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New technologies rapidly transformed and commercialized the agricultural sector in the American South and West.
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In the early 1800s, the ports of Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York were sites of rapid urban development.
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Union activity and striking, spearheaded by women factory workers in the 1800s, were important means by which workers could address harsh manufacturing conditions.
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In 1870, Congress enacted the first four federal holidays: New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
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The Industrial Revolution, which reached the United States by the 1800s, strongly influenced social and economic conditions.
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During the Industrial Revolution, environmental pollution increased with the use of new sources of fuel, the development of large factories, and the rise of unsanitary urban centers.