Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

The Market Revolution/Crash Course US History #12

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

10

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, John Green teaches students about the Market Revolution. In the first half of the 19th century, the way people lived and worked in the United States changed drastically. At play was the classic American struggle between the Jeffersonian ideal of individuals sustaining themselves on small farms vs. the Hamiltonian vision of an economy based on manufacturing and trade. In the early 19th century, new technologies in transportation and communication helped remake the economic system of the country. Railroads and telegraphs changed the way people moved goods and information around. The Market Revolution meant that people now went somewhere to work rather than working at home. Often, that somewhere was a factory where they worked for an hourly wage rather than getting paid for the volume of goods they manufactured. This shift in the way people work has repercussions in our daily lives right down to today. Watch as John teaches you how the Market Revolution sowed the seeds of change in the way Americans thought about the roles of women, slavery, and labor rights.

    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

    SS10.US1.7

    Describe causes, courses, and consequences of United States’ expansionism prior to the Civil War, including the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the Northwest Ordinance of 1785, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Louisiana Purchase, the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, the Mexican War and Cession, Texas Independence, the acquisition of Oregon, the California Gold Rush, and the Western Trails. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.US1.7

    Vocabulary

    • interpretation
    • Ordinance
    • expansionism
    • Manifest Destiny

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The causes of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
    • The courses of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
    • The consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
    • Causes and effects of documents related to U.S. expansionism prior to the Civil War, including the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the Northwest Ordinance of 1785, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Indian Removal Act Causes and effects of vital events and ideas related to expansionism prior to the Civil War, including the Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, the Mexican War and Cession, Texas Independence, the acquisition of Oregon, the California Gold Rush, and the Western Trails.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Locate points on a map.
    • Describe causes, courses, and consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
    • Analyze primary sources relating to the United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
    • Analyze key events and ideas that influenced U.S. expansionism prior to the Civil War.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There were many causes, courses, and consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

    SS10.US1.9

    Explain dynamics of economic nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings, including transportation systems, Henry Clay’s American System, slavery and the emergence of the plantation system, and the beginning of industrialism in the Northeast. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SS10.US1.9

    Vocabulary

    • dynamics
    • emergence
    • nationalism

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • The influence of improved transportation systems on economic nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings.
    • The importance of Henry Clay's American System on the economics of this time period.
    • Causes and effects of the growth of slavery and the corresponding emergence of the plantation system.
    • Causes and effects of the beginning of industrialism in the Northeast.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Use primary sources to analyze the dynamics of economic nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings.
    • Use maps to identify and trace internal improvements that were made during the Era of Good Feelings as a result of Henry Clay's American System.
    • Analyze primary resources to understand the causes for the growth of slavery and the corresponding emergence of the plantation system.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Economic nationalism during the years of the "Era of Good Feelings" corresponded to an increase in sectionalism in the United States.
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    PBS
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