AP U.S. History / Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848
4.5 Market Revolution: Industrialization
Notes
New technology and transport created a national market: textile mills (Lowell), the cotton gin (Whitney), interchangeable parts, the Erie Canal (1825), steamboats, railroads and the telegraph.
Practice
The Erie Canal connected:
Cheaper shipping.
The cotton gin led to:
Cotton became profitable.
Lowell mills mainly employed:
Early factory workers.
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