Market Revolution / Ferment of Culture and Reform 1824 – 1860 American Pageant: Chapters 14 & 15 by KRISTIANNA TEMPERVILLE https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg American Pageant: Chapters 14 & 15 en-us 2019-11-21 14:25:10 UTC 2025-10-22 10:42:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. How does the image of the frontier compared with the reality of pioneer life as described in the chapter? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/414683922 The expectations of a Pioneer life  was moving out West, owning land, and living a stable life. In reality the Pioneer life was completely different. Many people were were getting illnesses, which ultimately led to increases in early deaths and increases of loneliness. ]]> 2019-11-21 14:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/414683922 2. Why was transportation—particularly the canals and railroads—so important in the early stages of industrialization? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/414687113 Railroads and canals made towns into booming cities. This provided a faster and more efficient way to get places which ultimately led to more jobs and goods could get to places much faster. (Increased in production = increases in methods of production = mass production)]]> 2019-11-21 14:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/414687113 3. Which technological innovation was most important for early-nineteenth-century economic development? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415206659 The steamboat was the most important technological innovation for the early 19th century. The steamboat sped up and created a more efficient way of the transportation of goods and people upstream. It also drastically changed the history of naval transport. Not only did it benefit in our country, but it stimulated international trade. ]]> 2019-11-22 12:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415206659 4. What effects did the movement from a subsistence to a market economy have on American society, including farmers, laborers, and women? What were the advantages and disadvantages of the change? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415221521 Farmers: The more inventions, the faster it made farming and the faster production of crops. An advantage of this was less slave labor and an increase of crop production.
Laborers: The more inventions and the more popular they became, the more factories needed and the more workers needed. This increased jobs and immigration.
Women: Women became more independent. They started working in factories as well, allowing them to financially support themselves as a single women.

]]> 2019-11-22 13:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415221521 5. What caused the market and transportation revolutions of the nineteenth century? As you read this chapter, how many different reasons for the development of these changes can you identify? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415229607 The Market Revolution and transportation revolution was a creation of a national economy that  connected distant communities for the first time. New network of roads, canals, and rail lines enabled people to buy and sell goods in distant markets. It accelerated the rate of industrial growth in the Northeast, acclerated migration of settlers in the midwest, and the south failed to keep up with the pace with the Northeast and midwest in regards to the industrialization and urbanization

]]> 2019-11-22 13:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415229607 6. In this chapter, the authors maintain that “clearly the early factory system did not shower its benefits evenly on all.” What relevant historical evidence can you find in this chapter or the previous ones that supports, modifies, or refutes this assertion? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415234217 Support:
Factories had many pros. They gained many job opportunities, which led to a good life, with increased income. ]]> 2019-11-22 13:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415234217 As you read this chapter, can you combine the information from the primary source excerpts, tables, figures, maps, and text to create a persuasive understanding of westward migration and demographic changes in the United States from 1790 to 1860? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415234793 From 1790 to 1860, the kind of people changed from the mass amount of people moving west. Ex: American settlers, black miners, chinese laborers. This was a chance for all for new opportunities and possibilities for them and their families. ]]> 2019-11-22 13:34:07 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415234793 1. Were the “cult of domesticity” and the rise of the child-centered family signs of an improvement or a restriction in women’s status and condition? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415237972 Women were given more important roles for what needs to be done in the household. Men were given a status based on their wife (a "good" wife) and home quality. Children started to become educated, giving women (mothers) more educational opportunities. ]]> 2019-11-22 13:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415237972 2. Was the “new family” a progressive reflection of American democratic ideals, or a restriction on them? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415241013 The new families were smaller, so each child could have full focus. Having women restricted to just household jobs and duties created a bad reflection on women. ]]> 2019-11-22 13:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415241013 3. Why did America produce so many reform and utopian movements? What did they contribute to American culture? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415242445 Change in american was mainly driven by slavery, mentally ill, disabled, women, etc (the oppressed people). These groups sought for equality, benefits, or legislation to help them) to ultimately form a better society. ]]> 2019-11-22 13:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415242445 4. How does the Second Great Awakening of the nineteenth century compared to the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century? As you read this chapter and review the information about the Great Awakening in Chapter 5, how many relevant similarities and differences between these two events can you generate? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415251667 The Second Great Awakening and the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century are similar in that they both helped move to democracy. The Enlightenment was a time when most old ideas were challenged and some new ideas were considered. The Second Great Awakening happened because some ideas from the past enlightenment were being brought up/emphasized on. ]]> 2019-11-22 14:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415251667 After you have read “Contending Voices: The Role of Women”, can you analyze both excerpts’ intended audience, purpose, and point of view? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415261184 The Intended Audience: white men/women who wanted/attempting to empower themselves with equality. Targeted women rallying behind equal rights.
The Purpose: publicly dismiss women's rights/equality, and assuring men are superior to women all around.
The Point of View: a rich white man (owns land, father)]]> 2019-11-22 14:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415261184 In this chapter, the authors reference a British critic in 1820 who said, “In the four quarters of the globe who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue?” Yet, they also trace the development of uniquely American forms of art, architecture, and literature in the nineteenth century. As you read this chapter, can you explain the continuities and changes in American art, architecture, and literature from 1790 to 1860? 385694 https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415268330 Art, architecture, and literature all reflected the past in some way, shape, or form. They all had links back. They had American, European, and religious ties]]> 2019-11-22 14:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/385694/23lwlzwe63xg/wish/415268330