The Market Revolution

The Market Revolution of the nineteenth century radically shifted commerce as well as the way of life for most Americans.

In the nineteenth century, the construction of roads, rails, and canals dramatically improved national mobility.

Industrialization in the United States was marked by a growth in factories and an implementation of wage labor, as well as by an increase in the number of working women and deskilled workers.

Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793 resulted in massive growth in the cotton industry in the American South.

The United States experienced a communication revolution in in the early 1800s, during which the penny press and the electrical telegraph emerged.