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American Enterprise: Market Revolution 1820s-1850s

American Enterprise: Market Revolution 1820s-1850s

Grade Range: 5-12
Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media
Date Posted: 3/1/2016

Investigate the market revolution in the 1800s through the stories of five Americans from the Merchant Era. Optimized for desktops and laptops.


National Standards

United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)

Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

1: United States territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861, and how it affected relations with external powers and Native Americans
 
2: How the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed the lives of Americans and led toward regional tensions
 
4: The sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period
 

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Keywords

American Enterprise, farming, trader, china, textile, gold prospecting, technology, transportation, westward expansion, Vermont, North Dakota, Massachusetts, spinning, weaving, China, Market Revolution, Marketplace,

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