AP U.S. History / Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848
4.14 Causation in Period 4
Notes
Causes and effects: the Market Revolution increased regional differences; westward expansion and cotton spread slavery; reform movements and democracy expanded; sectional tensions grew.
Practice
The expansion of cotton farming caused:
King Cotton.
A long-term effect of the Market Revolution:
Canals and railroads.
Reform movements of this era led directly to later:
Long-term change.
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