SAQs for APUSH Topic 4.6 — Market Revolution (Society and Culture)

Four short answer questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to customs, traditions, practices, values, and beliefs of the first half of the 19th century.

1. During the market revolution (aka the first industrial revolution), large numbers of international migrants moved to industrializing northern cities. Most of the migrants during this time came from Ireland and one other country. Name the other country. What a push and pull factor of the Irish who migrated to the United States. What a push and pull factor From what two countries in Europe did most of the migrants come from during this period of time. Nativism is a word that historical often used when talking about migration to the United States during the market revolution. What is nativism? Name a nativist political party that developed during this period of time; also one issue led to the demise of this political party. Name and briefly describe one similarity and one difference between the market revolution immigrants and those who came to America after the Civil War.
2. During the market revolution (aka the first industrial revolution), large numbers of international migrants moved west of the Appalachians, developing thriving new communities along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. germans. Germans, Irish, Italians, Russians, or Jews? During the Market Revolution which if these migrants were most likely to move west f the Apppalachians?
3. During the market revolution (aka the first industrial revolution), many Americans moved west of the Appalachians, developing thriving new communities along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Name one community that developed and thrived along either Ohio or the Mississippi Rivers during this period of time.
4. During the market revolution (aka the first industrial revolution), gender and family roles changed, particularly with the growth of definitions of domestic ideals that emphasized the separation of public and private spheres. Briefly explain this claim.
5. During the market revolution (aka the first industrial revolution), increasing numbers of Americans, especially women and men working in factories, no longer relied on semi-subsistence agriculture; instead they supported themselves producing goods for distant markets. Name and briefly describe one piece of historical evidence in support of the claim that during the market revolution, increasing numbers of American women worked in factories.
6. The changes caused by the market revolution had significant effects on U.S. society, workers’ lives, and gender and family relations. Name and briefly describe one effect that the market revolution had on U.S. society. Name and briefly describe one effect that the market revolution had on U.S. workers’ lives. Name and briefly describe on effect that the market revolution had on gender and family relations.

The Old Immigrants and Nativism

Nativism

The Know-Nothing Polticial Party

Society and Culture during the Market Revolution

The Lowel Mills and the Lowel Mills Girls

The Lowel Mills and the Lowel Mills Girls

The affect of immigration on Native Americans during the market revolution