The market revolution and social change

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Explain how innovations in transportation and communication, including roads, canals, steamboats, and railroads, contributed to national and regional economic integration.
Explain how technological developments such as interchangeable parts and early factory production changed manufacturing, labor systems, and the organization of work.

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Explain how the market revolution affected women, families, and gender roles, including the cult of domesticity and the experiences of female wage earners in textile mills.

Evaluate the social effects of urbanization and internal migration, including the growth of cities, changing class relations, and opportunities for white settlers in the West.

Compare the economic development of the Northeast, South, and West in the early nineteenth century and explain how those differences shaped society and politics.

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