HIST 1483 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Separate Spheres, Seneca Falls Convention
The Market Revolution: Upheavals in Economy and Society
November 7, 2016
The market revolution:
• Marketplace becomes part of everyday life
• Market logic permeates social relations
I. The Transportation Revolution
a. Western Expansion
• Indians begin to give land to the US government after the war of
1812
• The citizens of the US start believing that with the land owned by
the US growing exponentially that they people in the west would
lose touch with the larger cities an the government
b. )nternal )mprovements aka infrastructure
• Early railroads
• Canals
o Mostly built by state governments
o NY wanted to become a first tier city so they designed the
Erie Canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great
Lakes
o Horses ran along the side of the canal, pulling a barge
o Farms from the mid west were now able to sell and
distribute their crops, making NYC an economic power
house
o The Erie Canal helped make NYC in to the premier financial
center with the opening of Wall Street and the NYSE
o This bring the republic back to having a small feeling
because they were all connected thru these new
transportations
c. Capitalism and Economic Growth
• Cincinnati was knows as porkopolis because of the large pork
processing centers that would send out ham and lard
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