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**Theme:** Industrialization **Topic:** The Market Revolution **Free Response Question**: Analyze the impact of the market revolution (1815-1860) on the economies of TWO of the following regions: The Northwest The Midwest The South Introductory Paragraph **Setting:** The market revolution, lasting from 1815 to 1860, was a drastic change of the manual labor system in the US brought about by improvements in communications and technology.  **Basis for Analysis**: The impact of a economic or technological revolutions on economic areas are seen through the technologies created during this time and how they affected the production of these areas.  **Partitions**: The impact of the market revolution on the Northwest and Midwest can be seen through the movement of people to northern urban areas to work in factories, the increase of wheat production in the Midwest due to technological improvements, and the beginning of a independent national economy.  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2d0080; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**Thesis:** The market revolution had a lasting impact on these two regions as The Northwest began to move away from an agricultural economy to industry and The Midwest improved production and, due to surplus, began to ship excess crops to the North, creating an interdependent economy.

<span style="background-color: #e1ff00; color: #ff4700; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">**Partition 1:** Urbanization - During this period, The US, for the first time, had the majority of its population living in urban areas rather than in rural areas. - The creation of interchangable parts by Eli Whitney led to an increase of production in factories and, later during the 20th century, the introduction of the assembly line. - Lowell Mill Girls- female textile workers in Lowell, Massachusetts. This showed the movement of young women, who would normally be trained to run a household, into a factory environment.

<span style="background-color: #808000; color: #e1ff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**Partition 2:** Increase of agricultural production in Midwest - Developments in farming increase output of wheat, making it a more viable crop rather than corn. These developments were John Deere's steel plow and Cyrus McCormick's horse-drawn mechanical reaper. - This surplus of crops allowed for the Midwest to ship crops to the North. - The Midwest would specialize in agriculture in the new national economy.

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">** Partition 3: ** Independent National Economy - Each specific region of the United States specialized in a specific role. The North in manufacturing, the South in cotton farming, and the West in agriculture. This specialization allowed for internal trading. - Before this time, the United States was partially dependent on European imports. After the market revolution, the United States relied on the production of the North, South and Midwest. - Henry Clay's American System of internal improvements allowed for easier trading between the regions, creating a national economy.

<span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 23px; text-align: left;">General Information: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">The market revolution was a direct result of the Industrial Revolution in which the technology created by one help change the labor system of the other. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">