The Market Revolution Homework:
Reading A French View of the Mississippi Memorial of the Cherokee Nation Andrew Jackson on Removing the Indian 3 types of settlers Why Texas Declared its Independence Manifest Destiny Wagon Trains to Oregon
New Methods of Farming John Deere- Steel Plow (Heavy soil) Cyrus McCormick- Mechanical Reaper (grains) Specialization of Crops- one or two crops for sale
Market Revolution Buying and selling goods vs. producing Growth of free enterprise Entrepreneurs- “to undertake” Risk takers Samuel Morse – Patents Telegraph Steam Boat/Canals- against river currents Railroads Charles Goodyear- vulcanization of Rubber
Workplace Lowell Textile Mills 12 hour work day Women and Child Labor Wage Cuts lead to Strike Immigration from Ireland (Potato Famine) National Trade Union and Common wealth vs. Hunt
Summary Questions 1)Who was the inventor of the Telegraph? 2)Who invented the steel plow? 3)This was used to collect grains? 4)Charles Goodyear used this method of treating rubber? 5)When a farmer focuses on growing one or two crops for profit? 6)What is a business man who takes risks? 7)This was used to move up rivers against the current?
Art- George Washington- Horatio Greenbough (1840)